A review by margarete
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
4.0
“i have no troubles, i have money like a capitalist, no boss, no wife, no children; i exist, that’s all. and that trouble is so vague, so metaphysical that i am ashamed of it.”
roquentin is conflicted between a genuine longing for connection and belief in a higher purpose/power and then neutered by his failures to connect. oscillation between two extremes—leaving one numb. his ability to be so observant tends to harm—adventure occurs when he allows himself to fully trust in the unknowable, out of ego. took me a while to fully get into it but the ending was tender and complex and even hopeful, which i wasn’t expecting.
roquentin is conflicted between a genuine longing for connection and belief in a higher purpose/power and then neutered by his failures to connect. oscillation between two extremes—leaving one numb. his ability to be so observant tends to harm—adventure occurs when he allows himself to fully trust in the unknowable, out of ego. took me a while to fully get into it but the ending was tender and complex and even hopeful, which i wasn’t expecting.