num_pages: 158
description: Reminiscences of a precocious childhood spend within the confines of French provincialism before the First World War. After his father's early death Jean-Paul Sartre was brought up in his grandfather's home in a world even then eighty years out of date. In Words he recalls his illusion-ridden childhood - dominated by a false conception of life, ideas and literature - and considers its effects on his work. Essential background to the philosophy of one of today's profoundest thinkers, this self-analysis is also a brilliant study in child psychology and a witty, lucid story that will delight all those who have previously found Sartre over-complex
language: English
title: Words
titlecomplete: Words
genres: France, Biography, Philosophy, French Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, Literature, Classics, Autobiography, 20th Century
ratings_count: 8763
publisher: Penguin Books