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- ↑ John Gerassi (1989). Jean-Paul Sartre: Protestant or protester? . University of Chicago Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-226-28797-3.
- ↑ Olivier Todd (2011). Albert Camus: A Life. Random House Digital. ISBN 978-0-307-80476-1.
