Simone Weil as poet -- Simone Weil and literature -- Poems. À une jeune fille riche/To a rich girl -- Vers lus au Goûter de la Saint Charlemagne/Verses read at the feast of Saint Charlemagne -- Éclair/Lightning -- Promethée/Prometheus -- À un jour/To a day -- La mer/The sea -- Nécessité/Necessity -- Les astres/The stars -- La porte/The gate -- Four excerpts from Venice saved. Jaffier 1-3 -- Violetta -- Selected prose. Conte: Les Lutins du feu/Tale: The fairies of the fire -- Le conte des six cygnes dans Grimm/The tale of the six swans in Grimm.
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"The first English translation of the poetry and literary works of Simone Weil, one of the most important female thinkers of the 20th century"-- Provided by publisher.
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