No Exit and Three Other Plays (Vintage International) - Softcover

Jean-Paul Sartre

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9780679725169: No Exit and Three Other Plays (Vintage International)

Synopsis

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century.

An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict, and an arresting attack on American racism.

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About the Author

JEAN-PAUL SARTRE is a Nobel Prize-winning philosopher, novelist, playwright, and polemicist, and is thought to have been the central figure in post-war European culture and political thinking. He is the author of The Age of Reason, The Words, and the play No Exit among other works.

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4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism.

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4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism.

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ISBN 10:  0394700163 ISBN 13:  9780394700168
Publisher: Vintage, 1955
Softcover