Immerse yourself in a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Simone de Beauvoir, the pioneering feminist and existentialist thinker, in this pair of stories about two very different sisters and one disappointing man. Two sisters must find their way in a world designed to confine them. Marcelle is the elder sister, a woman whose ambitions focus on becoming the companion of a ‘man of genius’. Marguerite is the younger sister, a girl whose sanity depends on breaking free of the oppressive expectations of society. Both end up focusing their attentions on the same disappointing man. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS- classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
