by SimonedeBeauvoir (Author), Constance Borde (Translator), Constance Borde (Translator), Simone de Beauvoir (Author), Sheila Malovany-Chevallier (Translator), Sheila Rowbotham (Introduction)
'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman' First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risque book that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety and admiration. Since then, The Second Sex has been translated into forty languages and has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes, the central messages of The Second Sex are as important today as they were for the housewives of the forties.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 848
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04 Nov 2010
ISBN 10: 009949938X
ISBN 13: 9780099499381
Book Overview: Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes. A long awaited, highly acclaimed new translation of Simone De Beauvoir's landmark work.