A Kind of Touching Beauty: Photographs of America by Pedro Meyer, Text by Jean-Paul Sartre

by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pedro Meyer, Pedro Meyer

Book Overview

"Everyone is free here. . . . The cities are open. They are open to the world and to the future. That is what gives them all an air of adventure; and . . . a kind of touching beauty." So wrote the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre on a 1945 trip to the United States during which he crossed the country and dove deep into the soul of the American city. In this new volume, Sartre's reflections on the distinctly American quality of cities in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857425846
• ISBN13: 9780857425843
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 8.5"