Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeParis, near the turn of
1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the
Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre,
Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes
to a radical new way of thinking...
'It's not often that you
miss your bus stop because you're so engrossed in reading a book about
existentialism, but I did exactly that... The story of Sartre, Beauvoir,
Camus, Heidegger et al is strange, fun and compelling reading. If it
doesn't win awards, I will eat my copy' Independent on Sunday'Bakewell
shows how fascinating were some of the existentialists' ideas and how
fascinating, often frightful, were their lives.
Vivid, humorous
anecdotes are interwoven with a lucid and unpatronising exposition of
their complex philosophy... Tender, incisive and fair' Daily
Telegraph 'Quirky, funny, clear and passionate... Few writers are as good
as Bakewell at explaining complicated ideas in a way that makes them
easy to understand' Mail on Sunday
At The Existentialist Cafe : Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails - Sarah Bakewell
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