Sartre Reader

Author: Sartre
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Are you interested in the thoughts and art of the 20th-century cultural figure Sartre but don’t have enough time to read all his works? Then why not read this carefully selected one-volume edition, Sartre: A Reader. Sartre’s works are vast, but this book only selects texts that are relatively accessible yet crucial for understanding him, his writings, and his philosophy. What is Sartre’s existentialist philosophy? We set aside his massive works and choose a more popular speech he gave to the public—Existentialism Is a Humanism. What is Sartre’s view of literature? We let the paper What Is Literature? summarize his creative ideas. As for his novels, you can feel his creativity and technique through his breakthrough work Nausea and the short story The Wall. Drama is the most popular part of his creative output, so we selected one-act plays like The Trial of the Jurors, The Flattered Servant, and No Exit, which is easier for Chinese readers to understand. The Nobel Prize-winning autobiographical novel The Life of the Mind is witty, humorous, and considered his highest artistic achievement, naturally making it a must-read. These works vividly illustrate the author’s philosophy and are artistically distinctive. We believe this compact selection will help readers less familiar with Sartre gain a basic understanding of this renowned 20th-century philosopher, thinker, and writer.