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An intriguing introduction to Weil's quest to integrate faith, philosophy and justice for the oppressed. Details her short, eventful life and shows her profound spiritual influence on thinkers from T. S. Eliot and Flannery O'Connor to Albert Camus.

Robert Coles's brilliant portrait of this strange and controversial figure includes the details of her short, eventful life: her academic career, teaching, political and social activism, and mystical experiences.

An intriguing introduction to Weil's quest to integrate faith, philosophy and justice for the oppressed. Details her short, eventful life and shows her profound spiritual influence on thinkers from T. S. Eliot and Flannery O'Connor to Albert Camus.

Robert Coles's brilliant portrait of this strange and controversial figure includes the details of her short, eventful life: her academic career, teaching, political and social activism, and mystical experiences.