{"product_id":"at-the-existentialist-cafe-sarah-bakewell","title":"At The Existentialist Café (Sarah Bakewell)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eParis, near the turn of 1932-3.\u003c\/b\u003e Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's not often that you miss your bus stop because you're so engrossed in reading a book about existentialism, but I did exactly that... The story of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger et al is strange, fun and compelling reading. If it doesn't win awards, I will eat my copy' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Bakewell shows how fascinating were some of the existentialists' ideas and how fascinating, often frightful, were their lives. Vivid, humorous anecdotes are interwoven with a lucid and unpatronising exposition of their complex philosophy... Tender, incisive and fair' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Quirky, funny, clear and passionate... Few writers are as good as Bakewell at explaining complicated ideas in a way that makes them easy to understand' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Bakewell had a wandering childhood, growing up on the \"hippie trail\" through Asia and in Australia.  She studied philosophy at the University of Essex, and worked for many years as a curator of early printed books at the Wellcome Library, London, before becoming a full-time writer.  Her books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Live: a life of Montaigne\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Duff Cooper Prize and the US National Book Critics Circle Prize, and \u003ci\u003eAt the Existentialist Café\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Ten Best Books of 2016. She was also among the winners of the 2018 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize.  She still has a tendency to wander, but is mostly to be found either in London or in Italy with her wife and their family of dogs and chickens.\u003cbr\u003ewww.sarahbakewell.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 448 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65899754914141,"sku":"K060143371","price":14.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6014337100001A.jpg?v=1789191645","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/at-the-existentialist-cafe-sarah-bakewell","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}