Description
| Product ID: | 9780141184555 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Title: | Huis Clos and Other Plays |
| Authors: | Author: Jean-Paul Sartre, Stuart Gilbert, Kitty Black |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts, Philosophy, Philosophy, French |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A collection of plays including "Lucifer and the Lord", "Huis Clos", and "The Respectable Prostitute". These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre''s major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord, Sartre''s favourite among his plays, explores this theme in depth, dealing in the process with fundamental questions of faith and disillusionment; in Huis Clos - arguably Sartre''s most important play - he contends that ''Hell is other people'', and details the afterlife of three souls trapped together in locked room and the torments that they inflict on each other; while The Respectable Prostitute, set in the Deep South of America, is concerned with racism, subjugation and the demands of conscience. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-08-31 |
