{"product_id":"the-image-of-her-9780300287172","title":"The Image of Her","description":"\u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir's gripping classic of a woman striving for perfection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Laurence lives what appears to be an ideal existence. Her life features the trappings of 1960s Parisian bourgeoisie: money, a handsome husband, two daughters, and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though she can't stop thinking about work while she's at home and she dreams of domesticity while at the office. But Laurence gave up on happiness long ago, choosing instead to manifest the perfect image of wife, mother, daughter, homemaker, and career woman. It is only when she is relentlessly torn by the competing needs of her family and jarred into recognition of her own predicament by the despair of her ten-year-old daughter, Catherine, that Laurence begins to resist the hand she has been dealt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Image of Her, \u003c\/i\u003e the 1966 final novel by Simone de Beauvoir, freshly translated here by Lauren Elkin, is rooted in the feminist revolutions of its era, yet it remains a strikingly relevant confrontation with the limits that society places on women and their power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simone De Beauvoir,Simone de Beauvoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300287172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e (1908-1986) was a philosopher, novelist, feminist, public intellectual, activist, and one of the major figures in existentialism in postwar France. Her works include \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShe Came to Stay\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Coming of Age\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eLauren Elkin\u003c\/b\u003e, an award-winning French and American writer and translator, is the author of \u003ci\u003eArt Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScaffolding\u003c\/i\u003e. Her numerous translations from the French include Beauvoir's \u003ci\u003eThe Inseparables\u003c\/i\u003e and works by Claude Arnaud, Michelle Perrot, and Lola Lafon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Simone De Beauvoir \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47579930394781,"sku":"9780300287172","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a4bd3148-fe11-46c3-ab1f-1e0a88b2e4de.jpg?v=1768899275","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-image-of-her-9780300287172","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}