All Men Are Mortal

All Men Are Mortal

By Simone de Beauvoir

Pages

352

Rating

4.12

Year

1946

PhilosophyFictionClassicsLiteratureFeminismFrance

Description

When the beautiful, ambitious actress Regina takes Fosca into her life and learns of his amazing truth, she is obsessed with the thought that in his memory her performances will live forever. But as he recounts the story of his immortal existence spanning more than six centuries, and as she learns of his involvement in some of the most significant events in history and of how human hope and love have withered in him, she finally understands the implications for him and for love.