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All Men Are Mortal (Virago Modern Classics)

All Men Are Mortal (Virago Modern Classics)

by Simone de Beauvoir (Author), Euan Cameron (Translator)

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    Paperback 1995

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Synopsis

When the beautiful, ambitious actress Regina takes Fosca into her life and learns his amazing truth, she is obsessed with the thought that in his memory her performances will live for ever. But, as he recounts the story of his existence over more than six centuries, as she learns of his involvement in some of the most significant events in history and how human hope and love have withered in him, she finally understands the implications for him and for love. ALL MEN ARE MORTAL was filmed in 1994, starring Irene Jacob, Marianne Sagebrecht and Stephen Rea.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: First UK Edition
 Publisher: Virago
Published: 28 Sep 1995
ISBN 10: 1860490026
ISBN 13: 9781860490026
Book Overview: * Review coverage * Featured on the Virago website at www.virago.co.uk

Media Reviews
Probably de Beauvoir's strangest and most compelling novel * Ingrams *
A writer whose tears for her characters freeze as they drop * Sunday Times *
Author Bio
Simone de Beauvoir was a writer and philosopher. She is most famous for her landmark feminist text, The Second Sex, while her novel, The Mandarins, won France's highest literary honour: The Prix Goncourt.