Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (Penguin Modern Classics)

Jean-Paul Sartre's first published novel, Nausea, stands as both an extended essay on existentialist ideals and a profound fictional exploration of a man striving to restore meaning to his existence. This Penguin Modern Classics edition features the text translated from the French by Robert Baldick, complete with an introduction by James Wood.

The novel chronicles the troubled life of the introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, and serves as an exposition of existentialism, one of the most influential philosophical attitudes of modern times. Roquentin struggles with the realization that he is an entirely free agent in a world devoid of inherent meaning, forcing him to find his own purpose and accept total responsibility for his choices. A seminal work of contemporary literary philosophy, Nausea powerfully evokes and examines the dizzying angst associated with the simple act of living.

• First published novel by iconic philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.
• A seminal work exploring existentialist ideals and personal freedom.
• Features translation by Robert Baldick and introduction by James Wood.
• Part of the respected Penguin Modern Classics series.

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was an iconoclastic French philosopher, novelist, and playwright, widely regarded as the central figure in post-war European culture and political thinking. Sartre famously declined the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature.

• Author: Sartre, Jean-Paul
• Translator: Robert Baldick
• Introduction: James Wood
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: New Ed
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: November 30, 2000
• Language: English (Original French content)
• Print Length: 240 pages
• Dimensions: 19.8 x 1.6 x 12.9 cm
• Weight: 181 g
• ISBN 13: 978-0141185491

Discover this essential piece of 20th-century literary philosophy and explore the foundations of existential thought through Sartre's powerful narrative.