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| Title | : | Nausea |
| Author | : | Jean-Paul Sartre |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 178 pages |
| Published | : | 1969 by New Directions (first published 1938) |
| Categories | : | Philosophy. Fiction. Classics. Cultural. France. Literature |
Jean-Paul Sartre
Hardcover | Pages: 178 pages Rating: 3.92 | 77557 Users | 2812 Reviews
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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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| Original Title: | La Nausée |
| ISBN: | 0811201880 (ISBN13: 9780811201889) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Antoine Roquentin, l'Autodidacte, Anny |
| Literary Awards: | Grand Prix des meilleurs romans du demi-siècle Nominee (1950) |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 77557 Users | 2812 ReviewsCrit About Books Nausea
Originally published in 1938, Jean-Paul Sartre's short existential novel La Nausée can be read on many levels - to list several: philosophical, psychological, social and political. Going back to my college days, my reading of this work has always been decidedly personal. Thus my observations below and, at points, my own experiences relating to certain passages I have found to contain great power. "Then the Nausea sized me, I dropped to a seat. I no longer knew where I was; I saw the colors spinOgier P. ("the self-taught man") is the symbol of everything that has gone wrong with the socialization process. Nausea places us in a situation where we have to ask ourselves: is knowledge for the sake of knowledge a wise way to spend your life; or can you have knowledge of trivial facts (e.g. game shows) and know nothing about who you are - a life not examined because knowledge was more important.
i found this book at a salvation army when i was 17, i had no idea who sartre was, i just liked the description on the back and it sounded really depressing which i was into at the time. i kept trying to read it for the next five years but could never get past the first ten pages or so because it would just bum me out too much.i finally read it when i had just graduated from college. i'm glad that i waited that long because i don't think i would have gotten the joke until then. in much the same
The thing with existentialism is that once you admit there's no meaning, you have to admit that there's no meaning, and people get freaked out about it. I don't know why. I was raised atheist and I've never thought there was any meaning and it seems okay to me; maybe it's only scary if you used to think there was a meaning and suddenly you find out there isn't one. Listen, I'll tell you the meaning of life.1) Be nice2) have funThat's it.Neither of those things occur to Antoine Roquentin in this
Deeply unsettling novel reflecting the hideous emptiness of our existence. "I want to leave, to go somewhere where I should be really in my place, where I would fit in . . . but my place is nowhere; I am unwanted.
SARTRE HAD IT RIGHT; BUT HE TOOK IT THE WRONG WAY.In this book, Sartre saw correctly that our world is Crazy Sick. But by sidestepping the problem through Reason, he made it worse for himself. And in the end he died of it.Thats his problem. If we dont admit were all infected with this Crazy Sickness, we wont seek - or find - REAL HELP. Well be in Terminal Denial. We all need Help.The other day, I decided to skim this novel again, after so many years had passed since I read it, and was
Sartre is like a large multi-vitamin tablet that is difficult to swallow. The pill has all these unknown elements that will make you strong and healthy and live longer, but you do not know exactly which ingredient is doing what. And you do not know if it cures or prevents, but you still take it, just in case. Or it is like a Friday evening or a Sunday morning service. You go and you pray, but you are not quite sure what is being accomplished. The chapel is warm yet ominous, and the congregants
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