The Coming of Age
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The Coming of Age
Simone de Beauvoir
Nonfiction
James Mustich
Jul 27, 2018
“Old age is an island surrounded by death,” the nineteenth-century Ecuadorean essayist Juan Montalvo wrote. In her impassioned book, which spans a thousand years and a variety of nations and cultures, Simone de Beauvoir asserts that all too often the inhabitants of that island are left to their own devices, ignored by the denizens of the mainland, distanced from community by the busy arrogance of youth and separated from it by the misapprehensions of policy and popular thought. As brave as The Second Sex in its confrontation of the fundamental struggles of existence, The Coming of Age illustrates that Beauvoir’s analytical intellect encompasses an intense and enlightening empathy.
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DeAnn Rossetti
Oct 28, 2018
I read this when I was way too young to appreciate it. Now that I am getting closer to 60, I remember things that made little sense to me 30 years ago that would now make complete sense.
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