If the seed does not die: Jean-Paul Sartre's Autobiography

Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Ideas also have their geography: Just as a Frenchman, wherever he goes, moves closer to or farther from France with every step he takes, any intellectual activity also brings us closer to or farther from Sartre's French thought of the past three decades. Whether he intends to or not, and regardless of whether he uses Marx, Hegel, or Kierkegaard as his coordinates, he should also refer to Sartre to position himself. Sartre's autobiography is a work of art, or rather, a true portrait of a young artist. His perspective is far broader than Joyce's, and his writing is filled with astonishing passion. This book not only describes how a young man escaped his family but also portrays the process of discovering his homosexuality. To reveal such experiences in the first person is unprecedented in the history of autobiographies.