The Wall (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: About 1937
- Setting: Spain
- Principal Characters: Pablo Ibbieta, Juan Mirbal, Tom Steinbock, A Belgian physician
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: War, Death or dying, Human behavior, Fate or fatalism, Existentialism, Prisoners of war
- Locales: Spain
The Story
Set during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939, “The Wall” sets forth the predicament of three men who are taken prisoner without warning or explanation by Falangist forces operating under General Francisco Franco; the story is narrated in the first person by Pablo Ibbieta, an erstwhile political activist who considers himself the most lucid of the trio, no doubt with good reason.
After a summary interrogation, the three captives are sentenced to death by firing squad. As they begin to confront their fate, Pablo finds himself increasingly preoccupied with...
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