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Literature & Existentialism by Jean-Paul Sartre

January 30, 2025 by Halbs Leave a Comment

I picked up this little curiosity at a bookstore featured in Texas Monthly magazine. You know how people say you eat with your eyes first? The meal starts before you eat? I wonder if you sometimes start engaging with a book in a bookstore before opening the cover. In this case, I felt a little more adventurous while roaming the stacks. My TBR list was nowhere in sight. I was having fun making small talk, eavesdropping on the locals’ coffee circle, and just existing in […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, reading

Halbs's CBR17 Review No:2 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, reading ·
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Plays – Random

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Sorry Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher

No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard

The Fever by Wallace Shawn

The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill

June 11, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Sorry, Wrong Number – 4/5 A short thriller written by Lucille Fletcher, and one that uses the recent technology (so to speak) to sell the suspense. A disabled woman waits at home for her husband to return from work. Becoming anxious, she calls his office and the lines get crossed and she hears a cryptic, but malicious conversation about a murder plot. The conspirators discuss some of the details of the plot which includes going to the apartment by the bridge. When the call reconnects, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Athol Fugard, Edmond Rostand, Eugene O'Neill, Jean-Paul Sartre, Lucille Fletcher, Wallace Shawn

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:287 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Athol Fugard, Edmond Rostand, Eugene O'Neill, Jean-Paul Sartre, Lucille Fletcher, Wallace Shawn ·
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