Simone Weil: A Sketch for a Portrait

by Richard Rees

Book Overview

Simone Weil was a remarkable woman: a teacher, a factory worker, a field hand, a traveler, and a frontline volunteer in the Spanish Civil War; yet she found time to write and to philosophize about life and religion. Her short life (1909-43) spanned two world wars, al­though she did not live to see the end of the second one. The reac­tions of this French Jewish woman to some of the facets of these conflicts may seem surprising; her sympathies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809308525
• ISBN13: 9780809308521
• Release Date: February 1978
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.8"