Title:
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WAR DIARIES
NOTEBOOKS FROM A PHONEY WAR, 1939-40 |
By: |
Jean-Paul Sartre |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£27.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1859842380 |
ISBN 13: |
9781859842386 |
Publisher: |
VERSO BOOKS |
Pub. date: |
1 December, 1999 |
Series: |
Verso Classics |
Pages: |
388 |
Description: |
Originally published in 1984, this is a new edition of Sartre's Second World War diaries covering philosophy, literature, art, politics and autobiography. In the VERSO CLASSICS series. |
Synopsis: |
During the phoney war that preceded the invasion of France, between late 1939 and the summer of 1940, the young Jean-Paul Sartre was stationed in his native Alsace as part of a meteorological unit. He used his considerable periods of spare time, between mundane duties like watching weather balloons, to make a series of notes on philosophy, literature, politics and autobiography that anticipate the themes of his later masterpieces, and often surpass them in literary verve and directness. These War Diaries form a portrait of Sartre in his most intense and brilliant phase. With them the twentieth century's most remarkable and public philosopher has provided us with a fitting posthumous monument to his honesty and creativity. |
Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Verso Books |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |