The Words (edit title)

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Words Friday, October 9 2009.

• Added a contributor: Jean-Paul Sartre: (Primary Author)

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Shelfari edited the description of The Words Saturday, August 1 2009.

• Jean-Paul Sartre's famous autobiography of his first ten years has been widely compared to Rousseau's Confessions. Written when he was fifty-nine years old, The Words is a masterpiece of self-analysis. Sartre the philosopher, novelist and playwright brings to his own childhood the same rigor of honesty and insight he applied so brilliantly to other authors. Born into a gentle, book-loving family and raised by a widowed mother and doting grandparents, he had a childhood which might be described as one long love affair with the printed word. Ultimately, this book explores and evaluates the whole use of books and language in human experience.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Words Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Jean Paul Sartre: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Words Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Around 1850, in Alsace, a schoolteacher with more children than he could afford was willing to become a grocer.