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The Age of Reason

Jean-Paul Sartre

Set in France during the days immediately before World War II, this is the story of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy obsessed with the idea of freedom. Translated from the French by Eric Sutton.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: Jul 7th, 1992
  • Pages: 416
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.10in - 0.90in - 0.95lb
  • EAN: 9780679738954
  • Categories: PsychologicalLiteraryClassics

About the Author

Philosopher, novelist, playwright, and polemicist, Jean-Paul Sartre is thought to have been the central figure in post-war European culture and political thinking. He is the author of The Age of Reason, The Words, and the play No Exit among other works.

Praise for this book

"Entertaining...the characters are well observed and conscientiously and intelligently studied."-- Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker