Letter to a Priest

by Simone Weil

Book Overview

Letter to a Priest encapsulates the sharp wit and questioning nature of Simone Weil. Regarded by Susan Sontag as 'one of the most uncompromising and troubling witnesses to the modern travail of the spirit', Weil grips the moral imagination as few others before or since. She was only thirty four when she died in 1943, yet despite her short life she left behind an incredible body of literature. Letter to a Priest, addressed to Father Joseph-Marie Perrin,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415267676
• ISBN13: 9780415267670
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"