Books Tell You Why, Inc.

An unblemished first Printing of the First American Editoin in Fine condition in an equally Fine dust-jacket.

This book tells the story of Jean-Paul Sartre during World War II. Sartre is a French philosopher and writer who was drafted into the French Army in 1939. He spends the first two years of the war in France writing and teaching. In 1940, he is sent to the front in northern France. He spends the next two years in the army, writing and living in a trench. In 1943, he is injured and discharged from the army.; 8vo; 366 pages.