About this title: 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.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good. Good paperback, eighth printing (1961). clean text, tight binding. crease to spine, minor scuffing to covers, slight creasing to cover. minor shelfwear. Next Day Shipping! read more
Description: Fair. B000YHAGFS Acceptable reading copy. Cover is worn. Some markings, but text is clean. No dust jacket. USPS tracking number provided for U.S. orders. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. great reading condition, mmpb, pages clean to read, spine crease, dog eared, edge wear, tan tone. 281 p.; 19 cm. Cover design by Jean Carlu. "K-16. " No exit (Huis clos)--The flies (Les mouches)--Dirty hands (Les mains sales)--The respectful prostitute (La Putain respecteuse). read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1989. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1949
Description: Fair. Clean text, spine has heavy creases. Includes: No Exit (Huis Clos); The Flies (Les Mouches); Dirty Hands (Les Mains sales); The Respectful Prostitute (La Putain respectuese) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1989-10-23
ISBN-13:9780679725169ISBN:0679725164
Description: Very Good. Pages clean and tight. Same day shipping with tracking number on all domestic shipments. Quick response Customer Service. I ship twice a day during the week and once on Saturday. Your business is personal with me. Thanks. read more
Description: Reader copy. Paperback-1949. Author: Jean-Paul Satre. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf. Outer cover fairly clean, spine tight, edges and text tanned, edges more so. The text is clean and unmarked. -We grade conservatively, package securely and ship immediately. Excellent customer service. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Softcover. Reading Copy. In addition to No Exit, this collection includes The Flies, Dirty Hands, and The Respectful Prostitute. "With those of Brecht, the plays of Camus and Sartre are the chief dramatic events of the present. "-Eric Bentley. read more
Description: Very Good. 0679725164 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
"To be fair, we only read No Exit. No one ever reads The Flies in high school English, though.
No Exit drove me, and I am sure, countless other 15-year-olds to discover that everything they believed could be boiled down to some kind of accessible existentialism. I never read any Nietzsche and I didn't get into any Camus until two years later, but the idea that we are all responsible for what we do- not a God who, if he existed, has abandoned us- and not taking responsibility is the worst sin anyone can commit? This spoke to a very deep and angsty part of me. I didn't know it at the time, but this play did so much for shaping my belief system and giving a language to what I felt. On some level, I am still a snotty 15 year old who feels like a fairly shallow reading of a pretty fantastic play can summarize this feeling that I have had for most of my life while still not requiring me to look any further. It's kind of all I needed."
"A wonderful, brief, entertaining play that's brilliantly misanthropic and hysterical all at the same time. Sartre coins the phrase, "Hell is other people" and this phrase, while also summing up a philosophy, ironically sums up the plot, as well.
Meet Garcin. He's dead. And in hell. And he's joined soon by Inez and Estelle. Both are also dead. And in hell. Garcin asks the valet (because hell has some services apparently) when the torturer will arrive. And thus the long joke of the drama begins: we don't need a torturer because we have each other!
The characters are wonderfully fleshed out and interesting. Although the drama is extremely brief, the characters feel real and developed, and as the drama progresses, the reader learns more about the reasons why each character is in hell and a little more of their personal story."
"I first read this play in high school, and I might not have read it since.
Years later, I still enjoy Sartre's portrayal of people in a hell that consists only "other people" and their refusal to leave their crowded little room. Each of them needs something from one of the others, forming a vicious triangle of love and hate that never will be satisfied. When given the chance to leave the room - into a blinding light of unknown consequence - their need and fear root them.
It's a great play about a miserable situation, and is worth re-reading."
"I read several of the plays in this book, and enjoyed them all. No Exit is definitely thought-provoking, and was discussed with my book club. Its interesting to get an existential interpretation of Hell. I'd say its worth a read, plus its short.
Respectful Prostitute. I found this play interesting and frustrating. A story about racial tensions, class divisions, and "patriotism", this play will both arouse pity and annoyance towards the characters. Its kind of like the play Chicago where you hate the corruption that is revealed, but you know that stuff really goes on...
The Flies. This is not Euripides' Orestes! About the avenging of Agammemnon's death by Orestes, this play raises good questions about guilt and human freedom (in a Neitzschean sort of way). Definitely a good read if you've read the original Orestes."
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