The Last Chance: Roads of Freedom IV / Edition 1

by Jean-Paul Sartre, Craig Vasey

Overview

The first English translation of Sartre's unfinished fourth volume of Roads of Freedom, exploring themes central to Sartrean existentialism. Based on the French Pleiade edition, published by Gallimard in 1981, the book also includes an interview with Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir's account of his plans for the unfinished work, and introductory material by the editor of the French edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847065513
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/30/2009
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jean-Paul Sartre (1904-1980) was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential European thinkers of the twentieth century. Craig Vasey is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mary Washington, USA.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introductory Material1. Introduction, Craig Vasey (University of Mary Washington, USA)
2. Interview at Café Flore: 1945, Jean-Paul Sartre and Christian Grisoli3. Please Insert 1: 1945, Jean-Paul Sartre4. Please Insert 2: 1945, Jean-Paul SartrePart II: The Last Chance
5. Strange Friendship
6. Last Chance
Scholarship and Analysis7. General Introduction to Roads of Freedom, Michel Contat (editor, Pleiade edition) 8.Critical Note for Strange Friendship, Michel Contat (editor, Pleiade edition)
9. Critical Note for The Last Chance, Michel Contat (editor, Pleiade edition) and George H. Bauer (Sartre scholar)
10. Bad Faith and Roads of Freedom
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

'With explanatory notes and generous critical padding ... As a continuation of Roads of Freedom, Craig Vasey's gritty translation will be of most interest to students of Sartre; it offers only hints at the directions a fourth volume may have taken in story and style, but those familiar with the earlier instalments will find a few surprises among its reassembled shards.' - James Purdon, The Observer

'The quality of Sartre's writing, accomanied here by engaging essays and interviews, has never been more evident than in this excellent translation ... fresh, organic, and decidedly human.' - The Guardian

Recommended by New Statesman.

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