A Transatlantic Love Affair
Letters to Nelson Algren
by Nelson Algren; Simone De Beauvoir; Sylvie Le Bon De Beauvoir; Ellen Gordon Reeves; Vanessa Kling
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In 1947, Simone de Beauvoir met Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Nelson Algren in Chicago. The two fell in love and began an affair that was to act itself out over 20 years and several continents. This is the first published collection of more than 300 of de Beauvoir's love letters (written in English) to Algren.
Editions of A Transatlantic Love Affair
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher W W Norton & Co Inc |
Date 1998 |
Price $1.00 |
 Good |
Publisher Notes
In 1947, Simone de Beauvoir met Pulitzer Prize winner Nelson Algren in Chicago, and it was love at first sight. A passionate affair ensued, spanning twenty years and four continents in an era when a transatlantic flight took twenty four hours and overseas telephone calls were a luxury. A TRANSATLANTIC LOVE AFFAIR collects the more than three hundred love letters written in English by de Beauvoir to Algren.
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"A passionate and stunning voyage through time, history, literature, and love."
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