The Reprieve (Penguin Modern Classics)

Caute, David; Sutton, Eric; Sartre, Jean-Paul

ISBN 10: 0140018239 / ISBN 13: 9780140018233

Published by Penguin Classics, 1982

About this Item

The front cover is white with a painting by Picasso called 'Sleeping Girl'. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Reprieve (Penguin Modern Classics)
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140018239
• ISBN 13: 9780140018233
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 9 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

It is September 1938 and during a heatwave Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich conference, where they will learn if there is to be a war. In Paris people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe, each wrestling with their own love affairs, doubts and angsts – and none of them ready to fight. The second volume in Sartre’s wartime Roads to Freedom trilogy, The Reprieve cuts between locations and characters to build an impressionistic collage of the hopes, fears and self-deception of an entire continent as it blinkers itself against the imminent threat of war.

About the Author

Philosopher, novelist, playwright and polemicist, Jean-Paul Sartre is thought to have been the central figure in post-war European culture and political thinking. His most well-known works, all of which are published by Penguin, include THE AGE OF REASON, NAUSEA and IRON IN THE SOUL.