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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 catalogs his every feeling and sensation. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which "spreads at... Read Full Overview

Jean-Paul Sartre's first published novel, Nausea is both an extended essay on existentialist ideals, and a profound fictional exploration of a man struggling to restore a sense of meaning to his life. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated from the French... Read Full Overview

Antoine Roquentin, a thirty-five-year-old bachelor lives alone in Bouville, an imaginary town that recalls Havre. He is working on a book about the life of the late Marquis of Rollebon, an aristocrat of the late eighteenth century, and living off his income, after leaving... Read Full Overview

Antoine Roquentin, c libataire d'environ trente-cinq ans, vit seul Bouville, cit imaginaire qui rappelle le Havre. Il travaille un ouvrage sur la vie du marquis de Rollebon, aristocrate de la fin du XVIIIe si cle, et vit de ses rentes, apr s avoir abandonn un emploi... Read Full Overview