Modern Times - Selected Non-fiction (Paperback)

Jean-Paul Sartre; Introduction by Geoffrey Wall; Translated by Robin Buss

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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In his biographical introduction, Geoffrey Wall describes the 'dishevelled abundance' of Sartre's work and this new anthology certainly does justice to the range of his interests. Many of the pieces appear here in English for the first time. Divided into five sections - 'Cities', 'Sexualities', 'Revolutions', 'Modern Times', 'Portraits' - the book features pieces on subjects from Baudelaire through maternal love and Havana to the Liberation of Paris. (Kirkus UK)

Designed for a new generation of readers, this superb anthology includes Sartre's personal responses to New York and Naples, an essay on surrealism and on Brecht, a spoof psychoanalytical dialogue, an extended essay on sexual desire and shorter pieces on maternal love and masturbation. It explores Sartre's celebrated quarrel with Camus, his constant but clear-eyed fascination with communism and, in 'Portraits' of Gide, Genet, Tintoretto and Baudelaire, his revolutionary approach to biography. There could be no better introduction to one of the greatest witnesses to the twentieth century.

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Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Modern Classics
Release date:	February 2000
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Jean-Paul Sartre
Introduction by:	Geoffrey Wall
Translators:	Robin Buss
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-018921-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Promotions
LSN:	0-14-018921-1
Barcode:	9780140189216