A Very Easy Death
A Memoir
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4.5 • 15 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the power of compassion when it is allied with acute intelligence” (The Sunday Telegraph). Powerful, touching, and sometimes shocking, this is an end-of-life account that no reader is likely to forget.
Translated by Patrick O'Brian
Customer Reviews
Hug your mom
I’ve just finished this book and I think i need some time to sit with it. I always love a memoir, especially ones related to motherhood. This reminds me a lot of Annie Earnaux’s “I Remain in Darkness”, which is another memoir about motherhood which I loved. I did enjoy this, very moving, very sad, very real, and definitely brings some interesting questions about death and religion.
A Very Easy Death
This account defiantly makes the reader take a different outlook on death. If you haven’t personally experienced an older family member passing away then this one is for you. However, it is a piece of literary translation which makes some parts confusing for readers that are not culturally aware (maybe that’s a good thing haha).
To Read Before You Die
i saw this book on a list of disconcerting but important books everyone must read and it lived up to it’s position there.