The Inseparables
July 2024
The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir
When Andrée joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andrée is small for her age but walks with the confidence of an adult.
The girls become close. They talk for hours about equality, justice, war and religion; they lose respect for their teachers; they build a world of their own. But as the girls grow into young women, the pressures of society mount, threatening everything.
This novel was never published in Simone de Beauvoir's lifetime. It tells the story of the real-life friendship that shaped one of the most important thinkers and feminists of the twentieth century.
Other books discussed:
Things I Don't Want to Know: Living Autobiography 1 by Deborah Levy
The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
