The Age of Reason - Softcover

Jean-Paul Sartre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394718380 ISBN 13: 9780394718385

Publisher: Vintage Books, 1972

Synopsis

The first novel of Sartre's monumental Roads to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer -- even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy -- his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more intense.

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From the Back Cover:

The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer - even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy - his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more intense.

About the Author:

Philosopher, novelist, playwright and polemicist, Jean-Paul Sartre is thought to have been the central figure in post-war European culture and political thinking. His most well-known works, all of which are published by Penguin, include THE AGE OF REASON, NAUSEA and IRON IN THE SOUL.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0394718380
• ISBN 13: 9780394718385
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 397