Simone de Beauvoir, writer and philosopher, winner of the Prix Goncourt, achieved worldwide acclaim with her celebrated Le Deuxième sexe. Published in 1949 and fiercely criticized on its release, the two-volume work is one of the major references of the women’s emancipation movement. A work that accuses and often questions: "How can we find independence in the midst of dependence? A must-read before "Me Too!