Simone Weil, a modern pilgrimage / Robert Coles.
TITLE:
Simone Weil, a modern pilgrimage / Robert Coles.
By:
Publication Date:
1987
Publication Information:
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley,
Physical Description:
179 p.
Subject Term:
Summary:
The French writer and philosopher Simone Weil (1906-43) devoted her life to a search for God - while avoiding membership in organized religion. She had a startling intellect, the social conscience of a grassroots labor organizer, and the certainty and humility of a mystic. And she persistently carried out her spiritual search in the company of the poor and oppressed. Robert Coles's intriguing study of Weil - who has been called both saint and madwoman - details her short, eventful life, showing why she had a profound spiritual influence on so many others, among them T.S. Eliot, Flannery O'Connor, Adrienne Rich and Albert Camus.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780201022056
General Note:
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Includes index.
