The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas History Conceived in a hospital bed

Conceived in a hospital bed in 1917 and written a few months later after his fateful encounter with Lautréamont's Maldoror

things aren't quite how she expected them to be

Deza possesses a rare gift for seeing behind the masks people wear

He is the only foreigner and the only vegetarian at the fire station

hunting with King Louis XVI at Versailles

The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas History Conceived in a hospital bedTitle: The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas Author: Robert Zaretsky ISBN: 9780226826608 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Published: 2023 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: First Edition Number of Pages: 191 Condition Note: New from the publisher