Aden, Arabie

by Paul Nizan

Book Overview

Aden, Arabie is the story of a man who attempts to flee bourgeois life in France by seeking exoticism in the Middle East. His trip is a failure; the freedom of travel is exposed as an illusion. This account is based on Nizan's own trip to Arabia and has been resurrected through the efforts of Jean-Paul Sartre. In Aden, Arabie, Nizan came to understand that everywhere-in Arabia as in France-oppressive forces drain us of our humanity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231063571
• ISBN13: 9780231063579
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher