A trio of short pieces on two cities of eternal magic, Venice and Rome. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has remained relevant and thought-provoking through the decades. The Seagull Sartre Library now presents some of his most incisive philosophical, cultural, and literary critical essays in twelve newly designed and affordable editions.   &;Venice speaks to us; this false witness&;s voice, shrill at times, whispering at others, broken by silences, is its voice.&; In these three moving short pieces, we discover Sartre as a master stylist, lyrically describing his time in two bewitching eternal cities&;Venice and Rome. &;Antiquity,&; Sartre writes, &;is alive in Rome, with a hate-filled, magical life.&;