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At The Existentialist CafÃ©: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails

By (author) Sarah Bakewell

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Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Paris, 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 thinkingâ€¦ â€˜Itâ€™s not often that you miss your bus stop because youâ€™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 doesnâ€™t win awards, I will eat my copyâ€™ Independent on Sunday â€˜Bakewell shows how fascinating were some of the existentialistsâ€™ ideas and how fascinating, often frightful, were their lives. Vivid, humorous anecdotes are interwoven with a lucid and unpatronising exposition of their complex philosophyâ€¦ Tender, incisive and fairâ€™ Daily Telegraph â€˜Quirky, funny, clear and passionateâ€¦ Few writers are as good as Bakewell at explaining complicated ideas in a way that makes them easy to understandâ€™ Mail on Sunday