No exit, and three other plays
By: by Jean-Paul Satre.
Edition: Vintage International ed.
Publisher: Vintage International
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Sartre, Jean Paul, -- 1905- -- Translations into English.
Genres: Translations into English.
Other titles: The Flies.; Dirty hands.; The respectful prostitute.
Work titles: Plays.
Description: In these four plays, Jean-Paul Sartre, the great existentialist novelist and philosopher, displays his mastery of the drama. No Exit is an unforgettable portrayal of hell. The Flies is a modern reworking of the Electra-Orestes story. Dirty Hands is about a young intellectual torn between theory and praxis. The Respectful Prostitute is a scathing attack on American racism. 4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism.
Notes: Translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: No exit = Huis clos.; title: The flies = Les mouches.; title: Dirty hands = Les mains sales.; title: The respectful prostitute = La putain respectueuse.