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Probably the easiest introduction to existentialism you'll ever find...An intellectually credible--and slyly humorous--summary of Jean Paul Sartre's life and work...The equivalent of a very good college lecture by an instructor who genuinely wants to make sure students understand the material. -- Amazon.com, editorial review British-born [Simon Vance] does a fine job with the material, speaking in a practiced, authoritative tone. He brings the right level of expression to the reading and handles the frequent French terms and names with aplomb. -- AudioFile

British-born [Simon Vance] does a fine job with the material, speaking in a practiced, authoritative tone. He brings the right level of expression to the reading and handles the frequent French terms and names with aplomb. -- AudioFile Probably the easiest introduction to existentialism you'll ever find...An intellectually credible--and slyly humorous--summary of Jean Paul Sartre's life and work...The equivalent of a very good college lecture by an instructor who genuinely wants to make sure students understand the material. -- Amazon.com, editorial review

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Paul Strathern earned a degree in philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, and has lectured in philosophy and mathematics. The author of many nonfiction books and of articles for numerous publications, he has also written several novels and has won the Somerset Maugham Prize. He lives and writes in London. Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.

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