{"product_id":"nausea-by-jean-paul-sartre","title":"'Nausea' by Jean-Paul Sartre","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"665\"\u003eSartre’s \u003cem data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"257\"\u003eNausea\u003c\/em\u003e follows Antoine Roquentin, a solitary historian in the fictional town of Bouville, as ordinary objects, routines and social encounters begin to lose their inherited meaning and become suddenly, horribly present.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"665\"\u003eThe result is one of the great philosophical novels of the twentieth century: less a “story” in the usual sense than a diary of estrangement, dread, freedom and the awful comedy of consciousness. First published in French as \u003cem data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"707\"\u003eLa Nausée\u003c\/em\u003e in 1938, and translated here by Robert Baldick, this is existentialism before it became a costume. A strange, brilliant, clammy little book. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"936\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenguin Modern Classics paperback. \u003cem data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1014\"\u003eLa Nausée\u003c\/em\u003e first published by Gallimard in 1938; this Robert Baldick translation first published by Penguin in 1965, with this copy from the 1972 reprint. General vintage wear to cover and edges, with age-toning to pages; binding intact.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45343604899923,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-06-05T130946.954.png?v=1780629014","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/nausea-by-jean-paul-sartre","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}