America Day by Day

America Day by Day
Author :
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 414
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0520210670
ISBN-13 : 9780520210677
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Book Synopsis America Day by Day by : Simone de Beauvoir

Download or read book America Day by Day written by Simone de Beauvoir and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000-03-30 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of 1940s America by a French writer, eg. "The constipated girl smiles a loving smile at the lemon juice that relieves her intestines. In the subway, in the streets, on magazine pages, these smiles pursue me like obsessions. I read on a sign in a drugstore, 'Not to grin is a sin.' Everyone obeys the order, the system. 'Cheer up! Take it easy.' Optimism is necessary for the country's social peace and economic prosperity."


America Day by Day Related Books

America Day by Day
Language: en
Pages: 414
Authors: Simone de Beauvoir
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-03-30 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A portrait of 1940s America by a French writer, eg. "The constipated girl smiles a loving smile at the lemon juice that relieves her intestines. In the subway,
A Parisienne in Chicago
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Madame Léon Grandin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This fascinating account of a French woman's impressions of America in the late nineteenth century reveals an unusual cross-cultural journey through fin de siè
French Women Don't Get Fat
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Mireille Guiliano
Categories: Cooking
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-12-28 - Publisher: Vintage

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that launched a French Revolution about how to approach healthy living: the ultimate non-diet book—now with more recipes.
French Impressions of American Character and Culture
Language: en
Pages: 660
Authors: Delbert L. Gibson
Categories: France
Type: BOOK - Published: 1938 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

French Impressions:
Language: en
Pages: 364
Authors: John S. Littell
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-09-01 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In 1950, as many families were establishing lives in suburbia, Mary and Frank Littell decided to uproot their young family from the comfort of their home in the