Blue cloth on boards. 306 pp. Volume has minor wear, the usual age wear all over. Jacket is rubbed, worn and chipped all edges. Two small tears at the rear panel bottom edge. Sun fading on the spine. Now in clear cover. "What is literature? Why does one write? For whom does one write? What is the situation of the writer in the revolutionized post-war world? These are the questions raised and answered by Jean-Paul Sartre. This work is one of those literary manifestos that channelize the sensibility of an age. The work exists on many levels; it is philosophical and historical, critical and pedagogic; yet there is a single intention which frames the whole. The reader will enjoy the exhilarating performance of a man thinking with lucidity and passion."

Literary Criticism, Literature, Non-Fiction