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No Exit, and Three Other Plays (Vintage International) (Paperback)

by Jean-Paul Sartre (Author)
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  • Paperback: 275 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Books; Vintage International ed edition (1 Oct 1989)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0679725164
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679725169
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.4 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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English translations of four plays which dramatize the theme of man's responsibility for his own actions, by the leader of French existentialism.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sartre implicates us all..., 11 May 1999
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These four plays by Sartre are all very different in style if not tone, but they all cut to the bone of meaning in delivering their sobering messages. The best play is also the most famous, No Exit, filled with brilliant language and dramatic fire. The situations and questions posed within aspeak directly to our age. Next, The Respectful Prostitute, which shows how funny existentialists can be, and how gut-wrenching comedy can be both funny and chilling. The Flies is a wonderfully inventive play that one can picture just by reading, with its harsh words, though in the guise of classical language, never missing a stab at the characters--or the audience. The weakest play, Dirty Hands, is still a compelling but rather cliched drama which is a little too ponderous for theatre, but dead on with its analysis of the human condition. Overall, a very worthwhile collection and a great introduction to Sartre, and existentialism.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Translation needs a lot of work, 26 Mar 2006
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The play "No Exit" is fantastic... a kind of psychological thriller about how people can get inside other people's heads and torment them through their weaknesses. A strange portrayal of hell that is truly hellish. However the translation from French to English is really poor. I believe it is "transliterated"; translated almost word for word, which overlooks the meaning or expression of certain phrases. For ex., "That's so, isn't it?", from the French," C'est ca, n'est pas?" Is that correct English? Shouldn't it be.. "Isn't it so?" or maybe, "Is that so"? Another ex., "We use to go"...", instead of we USED to go. It is "translated" like that all the way through the play. I found it very distracting, at best, and ultimately quite confusing. I found myself guessing at what Sartre was really trying to say.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good edition of Sartre's arguably best plays, 15 April 2003
For those of you (myself included) whose French abilities are not nearly adequate for enjoying such demanding, guilt-ridden dramas as 'Huis Clos'/'No Exit' in Sartre's original language, I strongly recommend this translation. Although I am personally at odds with certain aspects of Sartre's particular brand of Existentialism, I have to admit that he was in fact a rather good dramatist, and since his philosophy is quite tangible in all four plays, this collection should serve as a nice general introduction. I give this edition five stars for translation and for not coming apart after numerous re-readings (unlike so many of its brethren).
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4.0 out of 5 stars not bad, for existentialism
I like existentialist writings, because they are almost always thought provoking, but I seldom agree w/ the thoughts or ideas presented. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hell is other people
No Exit is a great play. The people are not incredibly evil or anything, they are just like us, with the same hopes and desires. They also make the same mistakes. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff
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