In The Five Stories Included In This Collection – The Wall, The Room, Erostratus, Intimacy And The Childhood Of A Leader–the French Master Of Existentialism Displays His Powers Of Narrative And Psychological Insight In The Stories Of A Modern Erostratus Who Is Compelled To Murder, A Psychotic Who Communicates His Hallucinations To His Formerly-sane Spouse, An Unfaithful Wife Still Bound To Her Impotent Husband, A Boy’s Metamorphosis Into An Anti-semitic Fascist, And The Astonishing Fate Of A Political Prisoner. The Wall — The Room — Erostratus — Intimacy — The Childhood Of A Leader. Jean-paul Sartre ; Translated From The French By Lloyd Alexander. Translation Of: Le Mur. Earlier Ed. Of This Collection Published Under Title: Intimacy.