About This Book
Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of think...
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Reading Time Estimates
12h 4m
slow reader
180 WPM
8h 41m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 12m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 130,350 words📅 18 days at 30 min/day
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9 h 39 min
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