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A Season in the Congo by Aimé Césaire; Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Translator)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The French List Ser.
This play by renowned poet and political activist Aime Césairerecounts the tragic death of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Congo Republic and an African nationalist hero. A Season in the Congofollows Lumumba?s efforts to free the Congolese from Belgian rule and the political struggles ...Show more
Occasional Philosophical Writings by Jean-Paul Sartre
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\French List Ser.
Four essays by the French master addressing other philosophers and their work. 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 th ...Show more
On Camus by Jean-Paul Sartre
Category: Reference | Series: The\French List Ser.
A window onto one of the most consequential friendships in philosophical history, that of Sartre and Camus--and on its end.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 ...Show more
On Modern Art by Jean-Paul Sartre
Category: Classics | Series: The\French List Ser.
A collection of insightful essays by the French philosopher on contemporary art. 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 th ...Show more
On Revolution by Jean-Paul Sartre
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\French List Ser.
A two-part essay on the "myth" of revolution and the figure of the artist. 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 de ...Show more
Suspended Passion - Interviews by Marguerite Duras; Chris Turner (Translator)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\French List Ser.
A controversial figure of the postwar French literary and cultural scene, Marguerite Duras has exerted a powerful hold on readers around the world. This volume of interviews--hailed on its French publication as Duras's "secret confession"--offers readers a rich vein of new insight into her work, opinion ...Show more
The Three Rimbauds by Dominique Noguez; Seth Whidden (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: The\French List Ser.
Mingling fact and fiction, The Three Rimbauds imagines how Rimbaud's life would have unfolded had he not died at the age of thirty-seven. The myth of Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) focuses on his early years: how the great enfant terrible tore through the nineteenth-century literary scene with reckless a ...Show more
We Defy Augury by Helene Cixous; Beverley Bie Brahic (Translator)
Category: Reference | Series: The\French List Ser.
We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come ... the readiness is all. Under the sign of Hamlet's last act, Hélène Cixous, in her eightieth year, launched her new book--and the latest chapter in her Human Comedy, her Search for Lost Time. Surely o ...Show more
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