We have only this life to live : selected essays of Jean-Paul Sartre, 1939-1975 /
Jean-Paul Sartre was a man of staggering gifts, whose accomplishments as philosopher, novelist, playwright, biographer, and activist still command attention and inspire debate. Sartre's restless intelligence may have found its most characteristic outlet in the open-ended form of the essay. For...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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New York, NY :
New York Review Books,
[2013]
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| Series: | New York Review Books classics.
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| Summary: | Jean-Paul Sartre was a man of staggering gifts, whose accomplishments as philosopher, novelist, playwright, biographer, and activist still command attention and inspire debate. Sartre's restless intelligence may have found its most characteristic outlet in the open-ended form of the essay. For Sartre the essay was an essentially dramatic form, the record of an encounter, the framing of a choice. Whether writing about literature, art, politics, or his own life, he seizes our attention and drives us to grapple with the living issues that are at stake. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvi, 555 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-555). |
| ISBN: | 9781590174937 (alk. paper) 1590174933 (alk. paper) |