Jean-Paul Sartre: Nausea

[Basic]

Just started "Nausea" by Sartre.

Anyone read this book? It seems to definitely be a mind-f*ck, which I love.

Comments, anyone?

 

[graydaisy]

i read it years ago, and it was a trip. would not read it again for fear i'd go crazy.

 

[Katzen]

I haven't read this one, but his autobiography : argh...I found it boring, but interesting in some ways

 

[nelle]

I read it several years ago also. Parts of it float up from my subconcious sometimes when I least expect them. I photocopied some pages of it and hung them on my wall when I was in college. I loved all the imagery. It did make me feel naseous sometimes though.

 

[funes]

I read it back in my salad days, as they say, and really don't remember if whether or not there was particularly a plot. However, there are some very powerful images in the book. One of my favorites is the little passage about the old reprobate who is finally convinced to repent on his death bed, not because he has been persuaded to believe in God, but rather because he is "made to fear Hell".

 

[kskyhappy]

nausea

yep i've read it, great book, the observations in it are incredibly visual and powerful.

i tried reading some of his other books but just couldn't get in to them, maybe i'll try again soon.

ksky