by Jean-Paul Sartre · Gallimard Editions · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070368075
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«Huis clos, suivi de Les mouches» is the theatre volume by Jean-Paul Sartre published by Gallimard in paperback (247 pages, in French).
The volume brings together two plays of Sartre's existentialist theatre. In Huis clos, three recently deceased characters are forced to coexist in a closed room and discover that the true hell can be the gaze of others. In Les Mouches, Sartre recreates the myth of Orestes and Electra to explore freedom, responsibility and the weight of past actions.
Huis clos is a one-act play and Les Mouches, a drama in three acts. The volume bears number 807 of the Folio collection.
A common work in literature and philosophy programmes, suitable for readers of twentieth-century French theatre and existentialist thought.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism. His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."
