No Exit and Three Other Plays: Dirty Hands, The Flies, The Respectful Prostitute

The four plays in this volume - which has sold over half a million copies are in Eric Brentley's words, "among the chief dramatic events of the present."  In them the great existentialist philosopher and novelist, Jean-Paul Sartre, who declined the Nobel prize, reveals his unforgettable, existential portrayal of hell.  THE FLIES is a modern reworking of the Electra-Orestes story.  DIRTY HANDS is the very contemporary conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and action.  THE RESPECTFUL PROSTITUTE is an arresting attack on American racism.