Title: La nausée
First published: 2005
Description: 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.
Subjects: Existentialism, Fiction, Litterature francaise, Ecrivains, Romans, nouvelles, Psychanalyse, French novellas, Psychoanalysis, Self-hate (Psychology), Translations into English, Diary fiction, Philosophy, Philosophical literature, Autonomy (Psychology), Authors, French fiction, Existentialism in fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Congresses, La nausée (Sartre), French literature, Fiction, general, Sartre, jean paul, 1905-1980, Self, Authors, fiction, French Authors, Art
Places: France
People: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
Time periods: 20th century