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: l'Autodidacte, Antoine Roquentin, Anny
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Philosophy, Nobel Prize, France, Fiction, French Literature
ratings_count: 113524
awards: awardedAt: -631123200000
name: Grand Prix des meilleurs romans du demi-siècle
publisher: Penguin Classic