When was The Wall by Jean-Paul Sartre released?
Jean-Paul Sartre released The Wall in 1939 as a collection of five short stories. Four of these narratives had previously appeared in various French journals before the book's compilation.
Jean-Paul Sartre released The Wall in 1939 as a collection of five short stories. Four of these narratives had previously appeared in various French journals before the book's compilation.
The author dedicated the entire book to Olga Kosakiewicz, who was once a student of Simone de Beauvoir. This dedication marked a personal connection between the writer and his companion.
Pablo Ibbieta waits alongside two others while firing squads prepare outside during the Spanish Civil War setting. He decides to give false information about Ramón Gris, which leads authorities to find Gris at the location he described so Gris is shot dead while Pablo's life continues temporarily.
Lucien Fleurier attacks a Jewish man reading l'Humanité alongside other boys after joining a Fascist youth organization in his teenage years. His childhood experiences shape the adult capacity for hatred and aggression leading directly to fascist ideology.
The 1967 film The Wall adapted Sartre's eponymous short story for cinema. That production brought Pablo Ibbieta's execution scenario to visual audiences decades later.