The Wall (Sartre short story collection)

1939 collection of 5 short stories by Jean-Paul Sartre The Wall AuthorJean-Paul SartreLanguageFrenchGenreShort storyPublished1939Publication placeFrance The Wall (French: Le Mur) by Jean-Paul Sartre is a collection of 5 short stories published in 1939. It contains four stories that had been published in various French journals, as well as the title story, "The Wall". "The Wall" is considered one of the author's greatest existentialist works of fiction.[citation needed] Sartre dedicated the book to his companion Olga Kosakiewicz, a former student of Simone de Beauvoir. "The Wall" The eponymous story coldly depicts a situation in which prisoners are condemned to death. Written in 1939, the story is set in the Spanish Civil War, which began July 18, 1936, and ended April 1, 1939, when the Nationalists (known in Spanish as the Nacionalistas), led by General Francisco Franco, overcame the forces of the Spanish Republic and entered Madrid. The title refers to the wall used by firing squads to execute prisoners. The Wall itself symbolises the inevitability and unknowing of one's death. The protagonist, Pablo Ibbieta, along with two others in his cell, is sentenced to death. He is offered