<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Set in France during the days immediately before World War II, this is the story of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy obsessed with the idea of freedom. Translated from the French by Eric Sutton.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer - even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy - his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more intense.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Entertaining...the characters are well observed and conscientiously and intelligently studied."-- Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Philosopher, novelist, playwright, and polemicist, <b>Jean-Paul Sartre</b> is thought to have been the central figure in post-war European culture and political thinking. He is the author of <i>The Age of Reason</i>, <i> The Words</i>, and the play <i>No Exit </i>among other works.
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