At the Existentialist Cafe : Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails

Resumen del libro

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".

Biografía del autor

Sarah Bakewell estudió filosofía en la Universidad de Essex y trabajó durante diez años como curadora de libros antiguos en la Wellcome Library de Londres. Actualmente enseña escritura creativa en la City University y en la Open University. Es autora de Cómo vivir: una vida con Montaigne, y de En el café de los existencialistas, ambos publicados en Ariel.