{"product_id":"parisian-lives-samuel-beckett-simone-de-beauvoir-and-me-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeirdre Bair\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNational Book Award-winning biographer Deirdre Bair explores her fifteen remarkable years in Paris with Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, painting intimate new portraits of two literary giants and revealing secrets of the biographical art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1971 Deirdre Bair was a journalist and recently minted Ph.D. who managed to secure access to Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett. He agreed that she could be his biographer despite her never having written--or even read--a biography before. The next seven years comprised of intimate conversations, intercontinental research, and peculiar cat-and-mouse games. Battling an elusive Beckett and a string of jealous, misogynistic male writers, Bair persevered. She wrote \u003ci\u003eSamuel Beckett: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, which went on to win the National Book Award and propel Deirdre to her next subject: Simone de Beauvoir. The catch? De Beauvoir and Beckett despised each other--and lived essentially on the same street. Bair learned that what works in terms of process for one biography rarely applies to the next. Her seven-year relationship with the domineering and difficult de Beauvoir required a radical change in approach, yielding another groundbreaking literary profile and influencing Bair's own feminist beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eParisian Lives\u003c\/i\u003e draws on Bair's extensive notes from the period, including never-before-told anecdotes. This gripping memoir is full of personality and warmth and gives us an entirely new window on the all-too-human side of these legendary thinkers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEIRDRE BAIR received the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eSamuel Beckett: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, and her memoir, \u003ci\u003eParisian Lives, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her biographies of Simone de Beauvoir and Carl Jung were finalists for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, and the Simone de Beauvoir biography was chosen by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as a Best Book of the Year. Her biographies of Anaïs Nin and Saul Steinberg were both \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Books. Prior to \u003ci\u003eParisian Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, her most recent book was \u003ci\u003eAl Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2020)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768768266528,"sku":"9780525432906","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b91752b610c9f63548654bcdda01cb4f.webp?v=1780336970","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/parisian-lives-samuel-beckett-simone-de-beauvoir-and-me-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}