Tete-A-Tete: The Tumultuous Lives and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre (P.S.) - Softcover

"Enormously rich and utterly absorbing . . . a short, concise, penetrating look into the famous couple who changed their century."--Brenda Maddox

"Fascinating . . . A neatly assembled record of people behaving badly in the name of literature, philosophy and amour."--Kirkus Reviews

"TETE-A-TETE has just about everything... Hard as I tried, I could not put it down."--Barbara Ehrenreich

"[A] sympathetic but clear-eyed history of Sartre and Beauvoir's lifelong partnership."--New York Times

"Compulsively readable... The surprise page-turner of the season... [A] fascinating study of a passion that transcended convention."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"An in-depth, unflinching account . . . TETE-A-TETE provides a valuable cultural history."--Boston Globe

"Exhilirating."--Houston Chronicle

"Engrossing... Tells Beauvoir and Sartre's repellent, inspiring and unlikely tale more completely and concisely than it has ever been told."--New York Times Book Review

"Compulsively readable . . . The surprise page-turner of the season . . . An admiring but balanced portrait emerges of activist intellectuals determined to practice the freedom they preached . . . [A] fascinating study of a passion that transcended convention."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Rowley is an engrossing narrator. Her book tells Beauvoir and Sartre's repellent, inspiring and unlikely tale more completely and concisely than it has ever been told before."--New York Times Book Review

An intimate dual portrait discusses Sartre and de Beauvoir's Existentialist philosophies, their notorious open union, and the controversy surrounding their relationship that has endured throughout the past twenty-five years. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.