{"product_id":"at-the-existentialist-caf-sarah-bakewell-9780099554882","title":"At The Existentialist Café","description":"Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize\nParis, near the turn of 1932-3. 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…\n‘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’ Independent on Sunday\n‘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’ Daily Telegraph\n‘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’ Mail on Sunday","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49486778663200,"sku":"9780099554882","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780099554882.jpg?v=1785308236","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/at-the-existentialist-caf-sarah-bakewell-9780099554882","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}