It came and stayed

She came and stayed (French: "L'Invitée" ) is the first novel by Simone de Beauvoir . It was published by Éditions Gallimard in Paris in 1943 ; the German translation by Eva Rechel-Mertens was published in 1953 by Rowohlt Verlag . The novel tells of the open love affair between the writer Françoise and the actor and director Pierre in Paris in the 1930s, who engage in a ménage à trois with the younger Xavière.

action

The novel is set in Paris shortly before the start of the Second World War . The plot revolves around the writer Françoise and her relationship with the actor and director Pierre, in which they enter into a love triangle with Françoise's younger friend Xaviere.

subjects

As in many of Beauvoir's works, the novel primarily contains existentialist themes such as freedom, fear or so-called othering .

interpretation

• Françoise - is supposed to represent Simone de Beauvoir.
• Pierre - supposed to represent Jean-Paul Sartre .
• Xaviere - supposed to represent both Olga and Wanda Kosakiewicz. Olga and Wanda Kosakiewicz were two sisters who both had sexual contact with Simone de Beauvoir and with Sartre.

literature

• Simone de Beauvoir: L'Invitée , Éditions Gallimard, Paris 1943
• Simone de Beauvoir: It came and stayed , Rowohlt, Hamburg 2004