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Short Story

Understanding Sartre

A short-but-disturbing story by Mark Richardson.

Dear Sally,

My girlfriend and I have been together six years. She has recently returned to college. I am a blue collar guy who barely graduated high school. She’s asked me to read a book that she says is very special to her. However, this book – Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre – is written in some kind of fancy, Einstein language.

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