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by Jean Paul Sartre

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ISBN10: 0394747097
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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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Born into a book-loving family, Jean-Paul Sartre had a childhood which might be described as one long love affair with the printed word. This famous autobiography of Sartre's first ten years has been widely compared to Rousseau's CONFESSIONS. Written at age 59, THE WORDS is a masterpiece of self-analysis, exploring and evaluating the whole use of books and language in human experience.
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jayeshsa, October 3, 2006 (view all comments by jayeshsa)
writing an autobiography is not easy because we have to take care not to be self appreciative or self condemned....in this book Mr.Sartre looks himself as a part of world...not like an individual ( 100% loyal to his phylosophy....in that way this book is a mile stone in the history if autobiographies
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780394747095
Translator:
Frechtman, Bernard
Author:
Frechtman, Bernard
Author:
Sartre, Jean-Paul
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Modern
Subject:
20th century
Subject:
European - French
Subject:
Authors, french
Subject:
Sartre, jean paul, 1905-1980
Subject:
Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.
Subject:
History & Surveys - Modern
Subject:
Sartre, Jean Paul
Subject:
General Philosophy
Subject:
Biography - General
Copyright:
c196
Edition Number:
1
Edition Description:
1st Vintage Books ed.
Series:
Vintage
Series Volume:
10
Publication Date:
19810431
Binding:
MASS MARKET
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
6.92x4.17x.58 in. .34 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , Born into a book-loving family, Jean-Paul Sartre had a childhood which might be described as one long love affair with the printed word. This famous autobiography of Sartre's first ten years has been widely compared to Rousseau's CONFESSIONS. Written at age 59, THE WORDS is a masterpiece of self-analysis, exploring and evaluating the whole use of books and language in human experience.
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