Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre
The novel follows a historian living in a small French town, struggling with a strange and unsettling feeling of disgust and revulsion he calls 'nausea'. He grapples with the existential dread of his own existence and the meaningless of life, continually questioning his own perceptions and the nature of reality. As he navigates through his everyday life, he is plagued by his philosophical thoughts and the overwhelming sensation of nausea, leading him to a profound existential crisis.
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- Published
- 1938
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 150-250
- Original Language
- French
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- Alternate Titles
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- A Náusea
- Bulantı
- Der Ekel
- Gnus
- La Nausea
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- 6th on The Ideal Library (Book)
- 22nd on 100 Best Novels, in Translation, Since 1900 (CounterPunch)
- 25th on The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Folha de São Paulo)
- 37th on The 50 best French language books from 1900 to today (Le Temps)
- 44th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
- 63rd on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
- 64th on 100 Books of Classical and Modern Foreign Literature (The Union of Russian Writers)
- 81st on The Books That Built The French (TNS-Sofres/SNCF–Lire)
- 93rd on The 100 Most Important Translations (Notos Magazine (Turkey))
- 214th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 301st on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 391st on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
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