Preloading

At the Existentialist Café

By Sarah Bakewell

Publisher: Other Press
Pages: 448

Would you believe Sartre and Beauvoir (with an assist from Raymond Aron) basically invented existentialism over cocktails in a Paris café? If you miss the days of hotly debating the precepts of your favorite philosophers, this account of a movement's beginning will take you back.

— Dotun Akintoye

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