A Very Easy Death : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780394728995 : 0394728998 : 01 Mar 1985 : A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir&;s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother&;s death &;shows the power of compassion when it is allied with acute intelligence&; (The Sunday Telegraph). Powerful, touching, and sometimes shocking, this is an end-of-life account that no reader is likely to forget. Translated by Patrick O\'Brian...