{"product_id":"at-the-existentialist-caf-9780099554882","title":"At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, And Apricot Cocktails","description":"Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking...\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eParis, near the turn of 1932-3.\u003c\/b\u003e Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's not often that you miss your bus stop because you're so engrossed in reading a book about existentialism, but I did exactly that... The story of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger et al is strange, fun and compelling reading. If it doesn't win awards, I will eat my copy' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Bakewell shows how fascinating were some of the existentialists' ideas and how fascinating, often frightful, were their lives. Vivid, humorous anecdotes are interwoven with a lucid and unpatronising exposition of their complex philosophy... Tender, incisive and fair' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Quirky, funny, clear and passionate... Few writers are as good as Bakewell at explaining complicated ideas in a way that makes them easy to understand' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42978316583078,"sku":"9780099554882","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9780099554882_1.jpg?v=1656106904","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/at-the-existentialist-caf-9780099554882","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}