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 The
Flies
(Les Mouches)
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The play goes, from a number of symbols, to
attack the problems of existentialism, and specially the one that talks about
the man as a lonely creature, tha must build his own ways in the search of
a meaning, having to fight against the flies, which are like ghosts that come
after us from a past we'd like to run away from, with no possiblility. Just
an extraordinary play.
/Santiago C. Bullard, 18, Peru |
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Nausea
(La
nausée)
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The loneliness, the failure in the search of absoluts, the nothing that awaits us after the nothing of living ... Just an extraordinary novel, where Sartre prints, with an extraordinary and anxious prose, the soul that searches for something to give it a reason, but finding that, behind each possibility, there is a door that leads to the Nothing, in that background of the Nausea.
/Santiago C. Bullard, 18, Peru
This book should outlive the century, not only as an hommage
to Sartre or as a monument of existentialisme, but also for its wide range and literary quality.
Sartre was a unique philosopher who advocated strong views and who has inspired many people.
/Frank, 16, Netherlands |
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No
Exit
(Huis
clos)
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It epitomizes the self's inner existential crises. Facing the deepest part of one's self by contrasting it with the gaze of the others is indeed highly existential and actually terrifying. 'L'enfer c'est les autres' but it is also 'moi' when I am not in peace neither with myself nor with the 'other'(s). Reading it was a very moving experience particularly that it was the first book I read in my life ... it will remain in the back of my mind for the rest of my life.
/Joelle Abi Rached, 28, United Kingdom
This play is by far one of the best plays ever written (at least in my opinion). Besides reading it over 5 times, I also directed a high school production of it two years ago, which was, surprisingly, a success. One of the last lines by Garcin, is one of my favorite quotes in literature history: "Hell is other people".
/Michael VanCalbergh, 19, United States
"Hell is other people". Sartre
creates hell in a way that makes fire, brimstone, and demons
like a walk in the park. Three people die and are sent to a room
to spend the rest of eternity. They do not have anything they
want. At first, it doesn't seem so bad, the company, but since
it IS hell, things hit the fan. Sartre even gives the characters
the chance to escape their room, but no one takes the chance ... they
would rather endure eternity in this room than outside, who knows
where.
/Leia Crawford, 20, United States |
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The Roads to Freedom
(Les chemins de la liberté)
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Opened my mind to the human predicament: that of freedom and choice. Reading Sartre's 'Roads to freedom' is a journey that will make you examine yourself, the morals you hold the values you hold in favor and the life you choose to lead. All of these, in multiple narratives of the European landscape under war painted by a whole cast of characters trying to make sense of it. A true wonderful reading experience.
/Jedi, 20, Philippines |
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The Wall, and Other Stories
(Le mur)
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A good collection to get introduced to Sartre's existentialist works.
/Soumya Sen, 24, United States |
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What
is Literature?
(Qu'est-ce que la littérature?)
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Jean-Paul Sartre was the philosopher of the 20th century. He
wrote this book to make a definition for the literature to put a base .. good base for anyone
who has a hobby in writing in the different branches in literature as: 1- Poetry. 2- Theatre. 3- Romance.
4- Short stories. It is a good book for anyone who wants to be a novelist in a short time using the principles
of Sartre.
/Moatazmohsen, 28, Egypt |
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