Nausea (New Directions Paperbook)

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Sartre’s greatest novel ― and existentialism’s key text ― now introduced by James Wood.

Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogs his every feeling and sensation. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which “spreads 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.”

Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature (though he declined to accept it), Jean-Paul Sartre ― philosopher, critic, novelist, and dramatist ― holds a position of singular eminence in the world of French letters. La Nausée, his first and best novel, is a landmark in Existential fiction and a key work of the twentieth century.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0811220303
Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Directions
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 25, 2013
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780811220309
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811220309
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.6 x 8.1 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #17,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6 in Existentialist Philosophy #467 in Classic Literature & Fiction #1,161 in Literary Fiction (Books)