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/Review: Another bad English edition of The Second Sex - Edit 1

Before modification by Camilla at 02/03/2010 01:41:36 PM

Here is a review by Toril Moi of the new translation.

I have mentioned before (well, on wotmania, anyway) the tragic lack of a proper English translation of de Beauvoir's most famous book. It seems someone finally caved in and commissioned a second, and now this turns out to be bad too. It is as if someone really doesn't want English-speaking monoglots to get to grips with the cornerstone of much feminist thinking.

I suppose it will be a while before anyone commissions a third translation. Your best bet is probably to read it in French (although I think the Norwegian tranlsation is also fairly good ;)).
London Review of Books

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