by Jean-Paul Sartre · Gallimard Editions · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070368068
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«Les Mains Sales» is the play by Jean-Paul Sartre, published by Gallimard in paperback (247 pages, in French).
Set in the fictional nation of Illyria, the play follows Hugo Barine, a young intellectual who joins a communist party and is tasked with assassinating Hoederer, whose policies he considers opportunistic. Sartre reflects on political commitment and the tension between pure ideals and the realities of power.
Premiered in 1948 at the Théâtre Antoine in Paris. It is number 806 in Gallimard's Folio collection.
Recommended for readers of theater and French literature, and for students of French who want to read Sartre in his original language.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism. His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."
