{"product_id":"at-the-existentialist-cafe-9780099554882","title":"At The Existentialist Café","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Bakewell had a wandering childhood, growing up on the \"hippie trail\" through Asia and in Australia.  She studied philosophy at the University of Essex, and worked for many years as a curator of early printed books at the Wellcome Library, London, before becoming a full-time writer.  Her books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Live: a life of Montaigne\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Duff Cooper Prize and the US National Book Critics Circle Prize, and \u003ci\u003eAt the Existentialist Café\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Ten Best Books of 2016. She was also among the winners of the 2018 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize.  She still has a tendency to wander, but is mostly to be found either in London or in Italy with her wife and their family of dogs and chickens.\u003cbr\u003ewww.sarahbakewell.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt'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 while immersed in Sarah Bakewell's \u003ci\u003eAt the Existentialist Café\u003c\/i\u003e. The story of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e is strange, fun and compelling reading. If it doesn't win awards, I will eat my proof copy -- Katy Guest * The Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eMy book of the year is Sarah Bakewell’s \u003ci\u003eAt The Existentialist Café\u003c\/i\u003e, a marvellously rich and evocative journey through one of the most powerful philosophical movements of the twentieth century… This graceful book speaks to our parochial and inward-looking age. -- Sudhir Hazareesingh * Times Literary Supplement, Book of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eA wonderfully readable combination of biography, philosophy, history, cultural analysis and personal reflection. -- John Walsh * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the Existentialist Café\u003c\/i\u003e takes us back to…when philosophers and philosophy itself were sexy, glamorous, outrageous; when sensuality and erudition were entwined… [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. -- Jane O’Grady * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eQuirky, funny, clear and passionate…Few writers are as good as Bakewell at explaining complicated ideas in a way that makes them easy to understand. -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732293693783,"sku":"9780099554882","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099554882.jpg?v=1719996299","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/at-the-existentialist-cafe-9780099554882","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}