How Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia: Stories and essays
UNSW Press, $34.95 pb, 208 pp
Preaching to the Converted?
Sylvia Lawson’s How Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia warrants a second reading to be properly appreciated. The seven pieces in this collection are intricately connected, so that the messages are cumulatively conveyed. The book manifests its author’s ambitious desire to raise the consciousness of her readers. For me, however, the question remains: who is the intended audience?
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How Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia: Stories and essays
by Sylvia Lawson
UNSW Press, $34.95 pb, 208 pp
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