Simone De Beauvoir - A Very Easy Death

Simone De Beauvoir - A Very Easy DeathLong considered one of Simone de Beauvoirs masterpieces, A Very Easy Death is a profoundly affecting, day by day recounting of her mothers final days after she is hospitalized following a fall. Though a devout Catholic, her faith is subsumed by her terror of death, and as her body fails, she clings to life with fierce, primal desperation. In depicting her mothers refusal to go gentle while her autonomy and dignity are taken from her, Simone de

The book is case-bound with a linen cloth and has four cover variations

production of objects

The animal was being shipped to Pope Leon X

slowly revealing a duality in the girls personalities

The book was finally published by the East-Berlin publishing house Rütten & Loening in 1960 as ahardcover

interior psychological spaces exploring the relationship between public and private lives

Ghost Witness engages with the unique quality of light in the urban environment

a transparency in a lightbox in the permanent collection at Tate Modern

its once-incendiary status is brought into odd relief

designed to celebrate the interconnectedness of African people

wide skies of the channel and its flat

November 2019