Nausea

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In this novel, Antoine Roquentin, an introspective historian, records the disturbing shifts in his perceptions and his struggle to restore meaning to life in a continuing present and without lies. This is Sartre's first published novel and his first extended essay on existential philosophy.

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A tour de force -- Iris Murdoch
Jean-Paul Sartre dominated the intellectual life of twentieth-century France to an extraordinary degree ... heralded as the "pope" of existentialism, he ranked as an international superstar * The New York Times *

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Philosopher, novelist, playwright and polemicist, Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the central figures in post-war European culture and political thinking. His most well-known works include The Age of Reason, Nausea, and Iron In The Soul.