Huis Clos and Other Plays (Penguin Modern Classics)
By: Jean-Paul Sartre (author), Stuart Gilbert (translator), Kitty Black (translator)PaperbackUp to 1 WeekUsually despatched within 1 week
Description
These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre's major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord, Sartre's favourite among his plays, explores this theme in depth, dealing in the process with fundamental questions of faith and disillusionment; in Huis Clos - arguably Sartre's most important play - he contends that 'Hell is other people', and details the afterlife of three souls trapped together in locked room and the torments that they inflict on each other; while The Respectable Prostitute, set in the Deep South of America, is concerned with racism, subjugation and the demands of conscience.About 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.Product Details
- publication date: 31/08/2000
- ISBN13: 9780141184555
- Format: Paperback
- Number Of Pages: 224
- ID: 9780141184555
- weight: 168
- ISBN10: 0141184558
- translations: French
- language of text: English
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