"The useless mouths", and other literary writings /Simone de Beauvoir ; edited by Margaret A. Simons and Marybeth Timmermann ; foreword by Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource.
- The Beauvoir series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / The useless mouths (a play) / Short articles on literature / Existentialist theater / A story I used to tell myself / Preface to La Bātarde by Violette Leduc / What can literature do? / Misunderstanding in Moscow -- introduction by Terry Keefe -- My experience as a writer / Short prefaces to literary works / Notes for a novel / Margaret A. Simons -- introduction by Liz Stanley and Catherine Naji -- introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize -- introduction by Dennis A. Gilbert -- introduction by Ursula Tidd -- introduction by Alison S. Fell -- introduction by Laura Hengehold -- introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize -- introduction by Eleanore Holveck -- introduction by Meryl Altman.
This title brings to English-language readers literary writings - several previously unknown - by Simone de Beauvoir. Highlights of the volume include a new translation of the 1945 play 'The Useless Mouths, ' the unpublished 1965 short novel 'Misunderstanding in Moscow', and more.