The
Hidden Sphere
(of Artistic Concerns) Cecil Orion
Touchon
Jean Paul Sartre
The
Words by Jean Paul Sartre, Bernard Frechtman (Translator)
Jean-Paul Sartre's famous autobiography of his
first ten years has been widely compared to Rousseau's Confessions. Written
when he was fifty-nine years old, The Words is a masterpiece of self-analysis.
Sartre the philosopher, novelist and playwright brings to his own childhood
the same rigor of
honesty and insight he applied so brilliantly
to other authors. Born into a gentle, book-loving family and raised by
a widowed mother and doting grandparents, he had a childhood which might
be described as one long love affair with the printed word. Ultimately,
this book explores and evaluates the whole use of books and language in
human experience.
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