Words, 9780141183466
Paperback
Provincial childhood shapes a profound thinker’s imagination and writing passion.

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    18 September 2000

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Summary

The Illusions of Childhood: Sartre’s “Words”

After his father’s early death Jean-Paul Sartre was brought up at his grandfather’s home in a world even then eighty years out of date. In Words Sartre recalls growing up within the confines of French provincialism in the period before the First World War, an illusion-ridden childhood made bearable by his lively imagination and passion for reading and writing. A brilliant work of self-analysis, Words provides an essentia…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141183466
ISBN-10:0141183462
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
Author:Jean-Paul Sartre, Irene Clephane
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:18 September 2000
Weight:126g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 11mm
About The Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

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 include THE AGE OF REASON, NAUSEA and IRON IN THE SOUL.

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