Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Me – a Memoir by Deirdre Bair

Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Me – a Memoir

Deirdre Bair

347 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1971 Deirdre Bair was a journalist and recently minted PhD who managed to secure access to Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett. He agreed that she could write his biography despite never having written - or even read - a biography herself...

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Moods

reflective 87%
challenging 62%
informative 62%
inspiring 50%
emotional 37%
relaxing 37%
funny 25%
sad 25%
adventurous 12%
hopeful 12%
lighthearted 12%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

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