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Philosophical novel · 20th century

Nausea

Jean-Paul SartreFirst published 1938

A historian in a coastal town discovers that existence has a flavour and it is not pleasant.

Dramatis personae

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  1. Antoine Roquentin

    Antoine Roquentin

    The Existentialist

    Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance

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