It is September 1938 and during a heatwave Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich conference, where they will learn if there is to be a war. In Paris people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe, each wrestling with their own love affairs, doubts and angsts - and none of them ready to fight. The second volume in Sartre's wartime Roads to Freedom trilogy, The Reprieve cuts between locations and characters to build an impressionistic collage of the hopes, fears and self-deception of an entire ...
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It is September 1938 and during a heatwave Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich conference, where they will learn if there is to be a war. In Paris people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe, each wrestling with their own love affairs, doubts and angsts - and none of them ready to fight. The second volume in Sartre's wartime Roads to Freedom trilogy, The Reprieve cuts between locations and characters to build an impressionistic collage of the hopes, fears and self-deception of an entire continent as it blinkers itself against the imminent threat of war.
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Good to Very Good condition, slight tanning to page margins. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
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Used-Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket) Ex Libris bookplate & owner's name on front end paper; binding tight; red cloth soiled & stained, with faded spine & edge of front board; gilt on spine badly worn & dull. Reading or rebinding copy.
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Fair Condition. Number on first bank page otherwise unmarked. Pages have yellowed. Stains inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE533532005.
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. (091106) Mass Market Paperback is in Near Mint condition. Text in English, 345 p. 18 cm. A Bantam classic SC69.. Translation of Le chemins de la liberté II: Le sursis.
