I was lent this short book that covers a lecture given by Sartre in the late 1940s that attempts to explain existentialism to a wider audience.
I've been watching some lectures on the subject, and I think that made the material easier to grasp but it still needed careful thought. The lecture winds between the existence of a God who sets and guides our morals and actions, and the notion that we are in fact in charge of our own actions and framework of morals. It poses mainly questions, but these make you think and make you feel a little ashamed you have not thought of them before.
The book ends with a question and answer session, with one question running to many pages!
Overall a good read but only if you have some background knowledge first.
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