Jean Paul Sartre: The Wall [2018] paperback Condition:New who yearn for a wiser

who yearn for a wiser and more meaningful world

Or what we might see

from Paddington

'Beautifully wild' (Guardian)

but as a continuum that runs through (and even underpins) our society

Jean Paul Sartre: The Wall [2018] paperback Condition:New who yearn for a wiserFirst published in 1939, a few years before his most influential works in theatre and philosophy, The Wall was Sartre's first and only collection of short fiction. The title piece tells the story of a prisoner during the Spanish Civil War, on the eve of his execution by a firing squad, who is told he will be spared if he can betray the whereabouts of a fellow Republican. This leads him to question his cause and his loyalty, as the mental torment that