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  • Jean-Paul Sartre
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    / Early life and writings

    …brilliant autobiography, Les Mots (1963; Words), narrates the adventures of the mother and child in the park as they went from group to group—in the vain hope of being accepted—then finally retreated to the sixth floor of their apartment ā€œon the heights where (the) dreams dwell.ā€ ā€œThe wordsā€ saved the…

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    …brilliant autobiography, Les Mots (1963; Words), narrates the adventures of the mother and child in the park as they went from group to group—in the vain hope of being accepted—then finally retreated to the sixth floor of their apartment ā€œon the heights where (the) dreams dwell.ā€ ā€œThe wordsā€ saved the…

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