Memoirs
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some chipping no tears. Page Condition: good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A landmark work of autobiographical literature, Memoirs presents the extraordinary life of Clara Malraux — writer, activist, and one of the most intellectually formidable women of twentieth-century France. Translated from the French by Patrick O'Brian, the narrative chronicles her coming-of-age in a cultured, bourgeois Jewish family, her passionate and turbulent marriage to the celebrated novelist André Malraux, and her deep immersion in the political and artistic upheavals of the interwar period. Clara's voice is sharp, candid, and unflinching, illuminating the personal costs of living alongside genius while asserting her own fierce independence. The memoir stands as a vital document of feminist self-determination, mapping the interior life of a woman who refused to be reduced to a footnote in someone else's story.
Author: Clara Malraux
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, The Bodley Head
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some chipping no tears. Page Condition: good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A landmark work of autobiographical literature, Memoirs presents the extraordinary life of Clara Malraux — writer, activist, and one of the most intellectually formidable women of twentieth-century France. Translated from the French by Patrick O'Brian, the narrative chronicles her coming-of-age in a cultured, bourgeois Jewish family, her passionate and turbulent marriage to the celebrated novelist André Malraux, and her deep immersion in the political and artistic upheavals of the interwar period. Clara's voice is sharp, candid, and unflinching, illuminating the personal costs of living alongside genius while asserting her own fierce independence. The memoir stands as a vital document of feminist self-determination, mapping the interior life of a woman who refused to be reduced to a footnote in someone else's story.