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SUMMARY:Conversation with Sylvie Weil | At Home with André and Simone Weil
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online conversation with Sylvie Weil\, author of 
 At Home with André and Simone Weil\, a memoir about her famed philosopher 
 aunt Simone and mathematician father André. She will be interviewed by 
 Ronald Collins\, editor of ATTENTION\, a bi-monthly e-journal on the life 
 and legacy of Simone Weil.\n\nBorn into a freethinking Jewish family in 
 France in 1909\, Simone Weil was one of the twentieth century’s most 
 original philosophers\, influencing Albert Camus\, T. S. Eliot\, Simone de 
 Beauvoir\, Pope John XXIII\, Czeslaw Milosz\, and Susan Sontag. She fought 
 for workers’ rights and\, later\, the Spanish Republican cause. Before 
 her death at age thirty-four\, Simone Weil turned increasingly to mysticism 
 and religion\, especially Roman Catholicism\, exploring themes of 
 sacrifice\, asceticism\, and the virtues of manual labor. She never 
 converted\, however\, and Sylvie Weil writes from a Jewish perspective\, 
 emphasizing Simone’s Jewish heritage.\n\nUsing previously unpublished 
 family correspondence and conversations\, Sylvie Weil paints the most 
 vivid\, private portrait of her aunt in print. The book illuminates 
 Simone’s relationship with others\, especially with her brother\, André. 
 Loving and unsparing\, affectionate and incisive\, At Home with André and 
 Simone Weil is an insightful memoir about a family of intellectual 
 luminaries.\n\nSylvie Weil grew up in Paris\, France and earned her degrees 
 in Classics and in French Literature at the Sorbonne. After teaching at a 
 lycée in France for two years\, she taught at Barnard and Bennington 
 Colleges and then in Paris. Until 2002 she was a professor of French 
 Literature at Hunter College and at the Graduate Center of the City 
 University of New York. She is the author of several works of fiction for 
 adults\, and of a series of three novels for young adults. Her most recent 
 book is Selfies\, a novel memoir.\n\nWe invite you to support the author by 
 purchasing a copy of their book from Browseabout Books by clicking HERE. 
 Call-in orders are accepted at (302) 226-2665 or you can stop by the store 
 to purchase a copy. For store hours\, please visit their website. Each copy 
 purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate.\n\nNOTE: this meeting is 
 being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for 
 joining the meeting. \n\nIf you have need assistance with registration or 
 getting your Zoom invitation\, please email us.\n\nBasic written 
 instructions for using Zoom may be found here and a brief video tutorial 
 may be found here. Closed captioning is available for this session. 
 Information on enabling closed captioning in Zoom may be found here.
LOCATION:Lewes Public Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Lowe":MAILTO:rebecca.lowe@lib.de.us
CATEGORIES:Book Discussions 
CONTACT;CN="Rebecca Lowe":MAILTO:rebecca.lowe@lib.de.us
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URL:https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/7577974
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