Description: Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogues his every feeling and sensation about the world and people around him. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which "spread at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of our time, the time of purple suspenders and broken chair seats; it is made of wide, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain." Roquentin's efforts to try and come to terms with his life, his philosophical and psychological struggles, give Sartre the opportunity to dramatize the tenets of his Existentialist creed. The introduction for this edition of Nausea by Hayden Carruth gives background on Sartre's life and major works, a summary of the principal themes of Existentialist philosophy, and a critical analysis of the novel itself.
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Book Title: Nausea
Item Length: 8.1 in
Publisher: New Directions
Publication Year: 2013
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.6 in
Author: Jean Paul Sartre
Genre: Fiction
Topic: General, Literary
Item Weight: 6.7 Oz
Item Width: 5.2 in
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
