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At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell (Paperback, 2017)

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At The Existentialist Caf. Sarah Bakewell had a wandering childhood, growing up on the "hippie trail" through Asia and in Australia. She was also among the winners of the 2018 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize.

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From the bestselling author of How to Live, an enthralling and original new book about a group of young thinkers, the birth of existentialism and some of the biggest questions of all Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Paris, 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

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PublisherVintage Publishing

ISBN-139780099554882

eBay Product ID (ePID)233365950

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Book TitleAt the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails

AuthorSarah Bakewell

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicPopular Philosophy

Publication Year2017

GenreBiographies & True Stories

Number of Pages448 Pages

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Item Height198mm

Item Width129mm

Item Weight355g

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Title_AuthorSarah Bakewell

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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Clever, appealing and fun writing from a serious brain.
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