
Female Guest
by (france) Simone De Beauvoir
About This Novel
This book is Beauvoir's debut novel and is also regarded as an autobiographical documentary novel. Pierre and Françoise are a couple who invite young Xavier into their relationship. The elegant Françoise, the young Xavier, and Pierre, who loves these two women, try to establish a harmonious trio between the three. "Three people who try their best to love each other are more colorful..." But the trio evolved into a "love triangle", full of jealousy, and hidden suspicion and absurdity everywhere. Françoise, who had been tortured for defending Xavier, finally made a decision. Beauvoir spent her whole life practicing the model of lovers described in it, and was criticized for it. In this book, Beauvoir explores a philosophical dilemma that has troubled her since the 1920s: the opposition between self and other.
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