Huis Clos and Other Plays
Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
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….Read More
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The Outsider
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