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Home    View Cart    Alavio    Contact Us Search Roadkill Books Current Category Books    Literature & Fiction       World Literature All Categories Narrow by Category African British Eastern European French General German Italian Japanese Mythology Spanish United States Untranslated Aden, Arabie Detail Center Header Text Above Items Aden, Arabie by Paul Nizan Product Group: Book Publisher: Columbia University Press (1987-10-15) ISBN: 0231063571 EAN: 9780231063579 Dewy Decimal #: 843.912 Paperback: 159 pages SKU: S070416-2600 Condition: Very Good Comments: Very good overall condition. No writing, very tight binding. Ships same day or next in a bubble mailer. Enjoy. Customer Reviews A Frenchman's Existentialist Experience in the the Middle East Rating (5) Date: 2008-08-24 From back cover: "'Aden, Arabie' is the story of a man who attempt to flee bourgeois life in France by seeking exoticism in the Middle East. His trip is a failure; the freedom of travel is exposed as an illusion. This account is base don Nizan's own trip to Arabia and has been resurrected through the efforts of Jean-Paul Sartre. In 'Aden, Arabie,' Nizan came to understand that everywhere - in Arabia as in France -oppressive forces drain us of our humanity." move over Jack Kerouac Rating (5) Date: 1999-12-12 5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful Aden, Arabie is an important work of fiction that has been almost lost to the world because the author Paul Nizan broke with the Communist Party of France and he was consequently subjected to literary banishment. The book is a travelogue of sorts and is an intellectual treat as well that merges the exitentialist style of Camus with the wanderlust of Kerouac. The ending of his effort to discover himself by going to Aden find him returning to France where he is confronted with the sight of Notre Dame and Le Sante Prison -the two symbols of modern culture on opposite sides of the Seine River. It is a stark but beautiful masterpiece and a kick in the gut. A great novel. Retail Price: $29.00 Our Price:$10.11 That's 65% Off! Detail Center Footer Text Below Items

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