Wall

Back Cover Text (From the Promotional Bulletin)

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), considered the father of existentialism, is a rare writer who has been able to witness and be the conscience of his era since the Age of Enlightenment, who has influenced his era with his views on literature, philosophy and politics, and who has sparked debates. The Wall contains five stories by the author. The story called The Wall, which gives its name to the book, tells the story of a republican condemned to death by the Francoists losing his resistance and betraying a friend; The Room tells the efforts of Eve who tries to share her husband's madness; the contemporary Erostrates tells the surrealist action of Paul Hilbert who surrenders after firing on the crowd; and The Privacy tells the story of a 'cold' woman who leaves her impotent husband for a more masculine man. The last story, The Childhood of a Manager, deals with the intellectual crises of Lucien, who is preparing to become an industrial manager, parallel to his sexual development. Duvar is an indispensable book for getting to know the twentieth century, which continues to be an age of crises, and its people.