Издания и произведения

First published in 1939, a few years before his most influential works in theatre and philosophy, The Wall was Sartre's first and only collection of short fiction. The title piece tells the story of a prisoner during the Spanish Civil War, on the eve of his execution by a firing squad, who is told he will be spared if he can betray the whereabouts of a fellow Republican. This leads him to question his cause and his loyalty, as the mental torment that he and two other inmates endure unfolds in unflinching detail. This collection, which also includes 'The Bedoom', 'Herostratus' and 'Intimacy' - short psychological tales in which individuals…

"- Comment s'appellent-ils, ces trois-la ? - Steinbock, Ibbieta et Mirbal, dit le gardien. Le commandant mit ses lorgnons et regarda sa liste: - Steinbock... Steinbock... Voila. Vous etes condamne a mort. Vous serez fusille demain matin. Il regarda encore: - Les deux autres aussi, dit-il. - C'est pas possible, dit Juan. Pas moi. Le commandant le resarda d'un air etonne..."

Зборнік аднаго з найбуйнейшых француpскіх пісьменнікаў ХХ стагоддзя Жана-Поля Сартра "Мур" зьяўляецца літаратурным адлюстраваннем экзыстэнцыялістычных ідэяў аўтара. Героі яго апавяданняў спрабуюць пераламаць лініі сваіх лёсаў, абумоўленых знешнімі абставінамі. Наколькі ім гэта ўдаецца, меркаваць чытачу.

У выдадзеным упершыню ў 1939 г. зборніку апавяданняў і аповесцей "Мур" французскі пісменнік, публіціст і філосаф-экзістэнцыяліст Жан-Поль Сартр (1905-1980) паказаў разгубленасць, якая ахапіла буржуазна-правінцыяльную Францыю напярэдадні прыходу ў краіну фашызму.

'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night prior to their execution. Through the gaze of an impartial doctor - seemingly there for the men's solace - their mental descent is charted in exquisite, often harrowing detail. And as the morning draws inexorably closer, the men cross the psychological wall between life and death, long before the first shot rings out. This brilliant snapshot of life in anguish is the perfect introduction to a collection of stories where the neurosis of the modern world is mirrored in the lives of the people that inhabit it.