Nausea

Paperback, 178 pages

English language

Published Jan. 4, 1964 by New Directions Publishing Corp..

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1 star (1 review)

A fascinating existentialist novel, written in the form of a journal, about a historian who moves to a small port in northern France to research a biography he is intending to write. Whilst there his senses become dulled and he becomes increasingly disgusted by his own existence, finding no solace with friends or a woman he begins an affair with.

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Disgusting

1 star

The book really lives up to its title, reading it is a nauseating experience of this mediocre read, the author himself is nauseating in his delusions, and the book itself is the epitome of the intellectual level of a frustrated drunk sitting at a beer stall. Those people who actually appreciated this work as something profound and intellectually meaningful - i have big doubts about their adequate perception of this world. Skip, 0/10.