{"product_id":"gravity-grace","title":"Gravity \u0026 Grace","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height:280px\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSimone Weil, the French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic, was little known when she died young in 1943. Four years later the philosopher-farmer Gustave Thibon compiled La pesanteur et la gr√¢ce from the notebooks she left in his keeping. In 1952 this English translation accelerated the fame and influence of Simone Weil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe striking aphorisms in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGravity and Grace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reflect the religious philosophy of Weil‚Äôs last years. Written at the onset of World War II, when her health was deteriorating and her left-wing social activism was giving way to spiritual introspection, this masterwork makes clear why critics have called Simone Weil ‚Äúa great soul who might have become a saint‚Äù and ‚Äúthe Outsider as saint, in an age of alienation.‚Äù\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 0; display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120349516061,"sku":"9780803298002","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780803298002.jpg?v=1751401715","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/gravity-grace","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}