""The Useless Mouths"" and Other Literary Writings Beauvoir Simons Timmermann

\""the Useless Mouths\"" and Other Literary WritingsAuthor(s): Simone de Beauvoir, Margaret A. Simons, Marybeth Timmermann, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, Meryl Altman, Elizabeth Fallaize, Alison S. Fell, Sarah Gendron, Dennis A. Gilbert, Eleanore Holveck\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252036347, 978-0252036347\nSynopsis\n\""The Useless Mouths\"" and Other Literary Writings brings to English-language readers literary writings--several previously unknown--by Simone de Beauvoir. Culled from sources including various American university collections, the works span decades of Beauvoir's career. Ranging from dramatic works and literary theory to radio broadcasts, they collectively reveal fresh insights into Beauvoir's writing process, personal life, and the honing of her philosophy. The volume begins with a new translation of the 1945 play The Useless Mouths, written in Paris during the Nazi occupation.