If the seed does not die (Gide's Autobiography)

Author: (French) Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Luo Guolin
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Ideas also have their geography: Just as a Frenchman, wherever he goes, every step he takes either brings him closer to or further from France, any intellectual activity also brings us closer to or further from Sartre's French thought of nearly 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 for positioning. 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. Revealing such experiences in the first person is unprecedented in the history of autobiographies.