{"product_id":"first-printing-simone-de-beauvoir-a-31712","title":"First Printing - Simone de Beauvoir: A Life of Freedom by Caroline Ascher (1981) Vintage Hardcover Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Still, de Beauvoir does not conceive of women's activities as fully determined. ‘I shall place woman in a world of values and give her behavior a dimension of liberty,’ she says. ‘I believe that she has the power to choose between the assertion of her transcendence and her alienation as object; she is not the plaything of contradictory drives; she devises solutions of diverse ranking in the ethical scale.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAscher’s fascinating, in-depth portrait of the life and works of one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir—writer, activist, intellectual adventurer, lover of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Caroline Ascher\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Simone de Beauvoir: A Life of Freedom\u003cbr\u003e\nEdition: First Edition, first printing\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Boston: Beacon Press, 1981\u003cbr\u003e\nPhysical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 254p\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Near fine copy in good condition dust jacket with light edge wear \u0026amp; chipping, mild rubbing to surfaces, sunning to spine panel, and toning—in new protector.\u003cbr\u003e\nComments: Very clean copy\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Sterling Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44333349208226,"sku":"","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/2010\/5890\/files\/il_fullxfull.5904611984_mqp2.jpg?v=1712597949","url":"https:\/\/sterlingvintagebooks.com\/products\/first-printing-simone-de-beauvoir-a-31712","provider":"Sterling Vintage Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}