A portrait of 1940s America by a French writer, eg. "The constipated girl smiles a loving smile at the lemon juice that relieves her intestines. In the subway, in the streets, on magazine pages, these smiles pursue me like obsessions. I read on a sign in a drugstore, 'Not to grin is a sin.' Everyone obeys the order, the system. 'Cheer up! Take it easy.' Optimism is necessary for the country's social peace and economic prosperity."
Amérique au jour le jour.
English
Beauvoir, Simone de,1908-1986
Beauvoir, Simone de,1908-1986-- Travel-- United States.
Beauvoir, Simone de,1908-1986.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions
Travel.
United States, Description and travel.
United States, Social conditions, 1945-
United States, Social life and customs, 1945-1970.