Simone de Beauvoir

"I want everything in life, I want to be a woman and I want to be a man, I want to have many friends and enjoy solitude, I want to work hard and write good books, I want to travel and have a good time, I want to be selfish and I want to be generous," she said. Simone de Beauvoir in a letter to her lover Nelson Algren. From her childhood, at a time when women were not allowed to study, vote or choose their profession, to becoming one of the most influential thinkers of all time, Simone passionately embarked on the great adventure of being she herself. The existentialist philosopher and writer, who declared herself a communist and atheist, who formed a mythical couple with Sartre, but who decided not to marry or have children, and who tried to understand what it means to be a woman, remains an indisputable icon of feminism and a source inspiration for a legion of female readers. The award-winning Julia Korbik and Julia Bernhard portray the author of The Second Sex as a daughter, friend, lover: an intellectual who wanted everything in life and explored the feminine condition, sexuality, freedom and the different ways of loving.