The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre
$40.00
The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre is the first novel in The Roads to Freedom trilogy, translated from the French by Eric Sutton.
Originally published in France in 1945 as L’Âge de raison, this English translation was first published by Hamish Hamilton in 1947. The novel follows philosophy teacher Mathieu Delarue over several days in pre-war Paris as he confronts questions of freedom, responsibility, relationships and choice.
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
English translation first published: 1947
Format: Hardcover
Pagination: 359–360 pages
Condition: Good used condition. Red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. No dust jacket. Spine and boards show fading, rubbing, light marks and wear at the corners and spine ends. Internally clean and readable with light age toning and occasional spotting.
A collectible early English-language Sartre edition and a key work of twentieth-century existentialist fiction.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, FICTION BOOKS, PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY, VINTAGE BOOKS
Type: FICTION
Category: BOOKS, EXISTENTIALISM, FICTION, JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, PHILOSOPHICAL FICTION, PHILOSOPHY, VINTAGE
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