by Jean-Paul Sartre · Alianza Editorial [etc.]. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420618340
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"The Respectful Prostitute" is a play written by Jean-Paul Sartre, which together with "No Exit" is presented in this edition. The play addresses themes of social injustice, racism, and the hypocrisy of bourgeois society. The plot follows Lizzie, a prostitute who becomes involved in a court case in the southern United States, where she must testify in favor of a white man accused of killing a black man. The play raises moral dilemmas and exposes racial and class tensions in society.
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."
