La Vieillesse (The Old Ones).

de BEAUVOIR, Simone.

Verlag: Gallimard, Paris, 1970

Beschreibung

Half title + TP + [7]-13 = Introduction + [15]-604 + [605] = Table of Contents + [607] = Publisher's ads for Beauvoir's books + [608] = Printer's information, Octavo. First Edition. The book is a study spanning a thousand years and a variety of different nations and cultures to provide a clear and alarming picture of "Society's secret shame"-the separation and distance from our communities that the old must suffer and endure. The book is separated into two parts. The first half looks from the outside in, i.e. how society and its citizens view old age. She breaks down the theories of particular philosophers and shows how these influences settled on the human psyche and are imbedded in our modern society. The second part is a look from the inside out, i.e. life through the eyes of a senior citizen, from poor to wealthy as well as famous to unknown. Here Beauvoir examines the myths and realities of life as an old person in the developed world, and presents proof that despite societies' expectations, the elderly still feel the same passions as their younger counterparts. In the publisher's original printed wraps with red and black printing front and back and on the spine - which has been a bit sun darkened. Still, a clean, tight and bright copy of this existentialist examination of what it means to be old. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1427

Bibliografische Details

Titel: La Vieillesse (The Old Ones).

Verlag: Gallimard, Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1970

Einband: Softcover

Auflage: FIRST EDITION.