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Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre

work by Beauvoir
Also known as: “Cérémonie des adieux, La”

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Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre is a work by Simone de Beauvoir that offers a poignant account of the final years of philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, her lifelong companion. Published in 1981, the book details Sartre's declining health and his eventual death. Beauvoir, a prominent writer and feminist herself, was deeply influenced by existentialism and maintained a close intellectual and personal relationship with Sartre from 1929 until his death. The work provides a personal and moving perspective on the end of a significant intellectual partnership and the realities of aging and mortality.1234

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