Weil, Sylvie.

At home with André and Simone Weil / Sylvie Weil ; translated from the French by Benjamin Ivry. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2020. - 180 p.

Translation of: Chez les Weil: André et Simone. c2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prologue -- Plato or Diophantus? -- Phone call -- The tunnel -- A normal little girl -- The saint's tibia -- Living with her -- Where to find the sugar bowl -- Who are we congratulating here? -- To baptize me or not to baptize me? -- The nuns -- Gefilte fish -- The beauty of Euclid -- A genuine relic? -- Choo-choo -- Do you want to come with me? -- A two-headed genius -- Family portrait -- Sterling ancestors: from the Galician side -- Sterling ancestors: from the Alsatian side -- The wages of sin -- A family unglued -- The metamorphoses of a Kuckucksei -- These ruined faces -- The garde-meuble -- Jerusalem -- A navy blue beret -- Indestructible? -- Japonaiserie -- Pulling the wool over her eyes -- Tzedakah -- The old horse -- Visitation rights -- Revelation -- Roots -- The mirror's eyes -- Pale petals -- Epilogue.


Translated from the French.

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Weil, Sylvie --Family.
Weil, Simone, 1909-1943.
Weil, Andre, 1906-1998.
Weil family.


Authors, French--Biography.--20th century--Biography.


Biographies

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