The Second Sex HC25 The site of dreams and

The site of dreams and nightmares

full-colour coffee table book

It celebrates the joyful silliness of books that are written to follow the rules

And they couldn't say why

The Second Sex HC25 The site of dreams and'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman' First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risqu book that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety and admiration. Since then, The Second Sex has been translated into forty languages and has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the