Political Fictions, Paperback by Sartre, Jean-Paul; Turner, Chris (TRN), Like...

Political Fictions, Paperback by Sartre, Jean-Paul; Turner, Chris (TRN), ISBN 0857429078, ISBN-13 9780857429070, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK<b>A collection of pieces on politically engaged fiction of Sartre&#8217;s day, including works by Andr&#233; Gorz and Paul Nizan.</b><br><br> Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has remained relevant and thought-provoking through the decades. The Seagull Sartre Library now presents some of his most incisive philosophical, cultural, and literary critical essays in twelve newly designed and affordable editions.<br> &#160;<br><i>Political Fictions</i> includes Sartre&#8217;s long foreword to Andr&#233; Gorz&#8217;s <i>The Traitor</i>, which has often been called the most intimate and profound book to emerge from the existentialist movement. Sartre also presents a detailed portrait of his friend and fellow writer Paul Nizan (1905&#8211;1940), once a committed communist, who died fighting the Nazis at the Battle of Dunkirk. Also featured here is Sartre&#8217;s famous foreword to Nizan&#8217;s novel <i>The Conspiracy</i>, which made the novel famous on its republication in the 1960s, when it was adopted as an iconic text during the events of May &#8217;68.<br> &#160;