Simone Weil: A Sketch for a Portrait
Rees, Richard. Southern Illinois University Press, 1978. Softbound. Preface by Harry T. Moore. Cover design by George Lenox. Weil proclaimed it was an error to 'reason in place of finding out', leading her to take on factory work (she described the machine-like labor as le malheur, or affliction), join the anarchist Durruti Column during the Spanish Civil War (her comrades prevented the nearsighted Weil from operating firearms), and help with delivering Resistance paper Cahiers du témoignage (some believe her diet in solidarity with the German-occupied French contributed to her death at 34). Here, Weil translator Rees outlines the life and work of the incongruously Marxist-adjacent Christian mystic.
Tight, uncreased spine has the very subtlest of a slump. Clean, unmarked interior. Covers have some rubbing and moderate to heavy edge-wear. 205 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible.
