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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week"

Roundup

Hazel Rowley on De Beauvoir & Sartre 5th of 5 [15min]

The two writers' funerals each cause a widespread outpouring of public grief. Eleanor Bron reads from Hazel Rowley's biography Tête-à-Tête: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week"