The Wall | Critical Overview
When ‘‘The Wall’’ was first published in La Nouvelle Revue Francaise in 1937, it introduced Sartre to the French literary world. According to one scholar, Sartre’s publisher arranged the publication because he wanted to see if the public would favorably receive a novel Sartre had written, Nausea . The public, in fact, embraced both of these works, which quickly established Sartre’s literary reputation.
Two years later ‘‘The Wall’’ was selected as the title story for Sartre’s only collection of short fiction. Of his fiction, it has been his most...
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