The second floor. Bovoir S. de

“The second floor” of Simona de Bovoir is the most important book written about a woman in the history of literature. Combining a painstaking analysis, an acute style of writing and extensive erudition, Bovoir talks about how the attitude towards women throughout history, from ancient times to our time, paying equal attention to the biological, sociological and anthropological aspects. “The second floor” is the history of oppression, delusions and prejudices associated with the perception of a woman not only from the man, but also from the representatives of the “weaker sex” themselves. Now this one of the most daring and glorified texts of the twentieth century is available to Russian -speaking readers in a full -fledged, edited form that retains the fullness of the original.