All Men Are Mortal

by Simone de Beauvoir, Leonard M. Friedman (Translator)

Overview

Probably de Beauvoir's strangest and most compelling novel, this is the captivating story of a beautiful young actress who revives a downcast stranger at a French resort.

He becomes thoroughly attached to her and confides a terrifying truth: he is immortal. But having been resuscitated into enjoying life again, he soon starts breaking free from her grasp and all notions of mortality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393308457
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/1992
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	376,011
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Simone de Beauvoir is the author of The Second Sex and the winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's highest honor, for The Mandarins.

Leonard M Friedman is a translator of the work Simone de Beauvoir.