Review of 'No Exit and Three Other Plays' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Without reading any expert commentary on these, here are my impressions of each (five star rating system).
* No Exit (May 1944. Stuart Gilbert, trans.†) Short, but an interesting look at the perspective of three characters in the afterlife.
* The Flies (April 1947, written 1943. Stuart Gilbert.) Maybe I need to brush up on my Greek Mythology, but I didn't have enough patience to make it through the grandiose proclamations from each character. Not my style, I guess.
Dirty Hands (April 1948. Lionel Abel.) The exploits of a conflicted and lousy assassin.
** The Respectful Prostitute (November 1946. Lionel Abel.) Not sure I liked the ending to this one, but it's a thoughtful play about a woman thrown into a situation with no obvious moral choice to make.
† I'm not sure if there are other published translations from the original French into English, but these are this edition's …
Without reading any expert commentary on these, here are my impressions of each (five star rating system).
* No Exit (May 1944. Stuart Gilbert, trans.†) Short, but an interesting look at the perspective of three characters in the afterlife.
* The Flies (April 1947, written 1943. Stuart Gilbert.) Maybe I need to brush up on my Greek Mythology, but I didn't have enough patience to make it through the grandiose proclamations from each character. Not my style, I guess.
Dirty Hands (April 1948. Lionel Abel.) The exploits of a conflicted and lousy assassin.
** The Respectful Prostitute (November 1946. Lionel Abel.) Not sure I liked the ending to this one, but it's a thoughtful play about a woman thrown into a situation with no obvious moral choice to make.
† I'm not sure if there are other published translations from the original French into English, but these are this edition's translators for each play.
