A Life in Letters - Hardcoverby Simone Weil (Author), Robert Chenavier (Editor), Andr? A. Devaux (Editor) The inspiring letters of philosopher, mystic, and freedom fighter Simone Weil to her family, presented for the first time in English. Now in the pantheon of great thinkers, Simone Weil (1909 1943) lived largely in the shadows, searching for her spiritual home while bearing witness to the violence that devastated Europe twice in her brief lifetime. The letters she wrote to her