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At One Remove from Tragedy
Murdoch, Iris | June 9, 1956 issue

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This article analyzes the book "The Mandarins," by Simone de Beauvoir. Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre remarked that "the writer has, only one subject — freedom," and there is no doubt that this is the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's new novel. She explores it in a series of clearly defined dilemmas, sharpened to extremity and ending violently. The book opens during the last days of a war. Henri Perron wishes to free himself from Paula, with whom he has been living but whom he no longer loves.

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MANDARINS, The (Book); BEAUVOIR, Simone de, 1908-1986; PLOTS (Drama, novel, etc.); FICTITIOUS characters; WAR; FICTION
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