num_pages: 253
description: 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.
language: English
title: Nausea
titlecomplete: Nausea
characters: Antoine Roquentin, l'Autodidacte, Anny
genres: Fiction, France, Philosophy, French Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 113542
awards: awardedAt: -631123200000
name: Grand Prix des meilleurs romans du demi-siècle
publisher: Penguin Books