1st ed.

xv, 416 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-394) and index.

Nineteen twenty-nine -- The pact: October 1929-September 1932 -- Olga Kosakiewicz: October 1932-April 1937 -- The prospect of war: May 1937-September 1939 -- War: September 1939-March 1941 -- Occupied Paris: March 1941-September 1944 -- Fame: November 1944- January 1947 -- Wabansia Avenue, Jazz, and the Golden Zazou: January 1947-Summer 1950 -- Crystal blue eyes: January 1951-December 1954 -- Exiles at home: August 1955-February 1962 -- White nights, vodka, and tears: June 1962-November 1966 -- Tragic endings, new beginnings: November 1966-May 1971 -- The farewell ceremony: May 1971-April 1986.

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.

Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.

Philosophers -- France -- Biography.

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