"The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre" Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman, published by George Braziller, New York, First American Edition, stated 3rd printing January 1965 [1st printing appeared September 1964]

Original dust jacket with un-clipped price on the front flap [some edge wear and edge creases]; hard boards, original publisher's black cloth, lettering on spine; 5.1/2" x 8.1/4"; 255 pages, one page corner fold, the book appears to be unread, very good condition.

"Jean-Paul Sartre writes so simply that the grace of his style survives translation. His style is an indication of the clarity of his thought. His mind works with a lucidity that seems to be exclusively the gift of old or middle-aged men, men who are past the complex years when every passing skirt or newspaper article excites them. It is a beautiful simplicity, but one that exists at the expense of turbulent reality as young people know it." [George Braziller, 1964]

"The Words is a literary production in which Sartre plays with words about what it must be like to be a child with a fifty-nine-year-old's perspective. It is an incredibly beautiful production, as great an autobiography as any written in this century. Yet there is something sad about the creativity. It is sad because this mild cynic wished above all to grip naked reality. He ends up with new fantasies between his hands, fantasies that rushed in to take the place of vulgar illusions the existentialists hoped to strip away." [George Braziller, 1964].

Note:
Country restrictions may apply - the lesser expansive Priority or 1st Class shipping may not be available to all countries.

US: Priority (c 4-10 days) ----------- $9.50
Canada: 1st Class (c 2-6 weeks) -- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c 2-8 weeks) --- $32.50