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Huis Clos and Other Plays
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Description for Huis Clos and Other Plays
Paperback. A collection of plays including "Lucifer and the Lord", "Huis Clos", and "The Respectable Prostitute". Translator(s): Black, Kitty; Gilbert, Stuart. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141184555
SKU
V9780141184555
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About Jean-Paul Sartre
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.
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