{"product_id":"david-szalay-flesh-copy","title":"Jean-Paul Sartre: Nausea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenguin Classics, 2000, softcover, 240 pages, 19.8 x 12.9 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJean-Paul Sartre's first published novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNausea\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis both an extended essay on existentialist ideals, and a profound fictional exploration of a man struggling to restore a sense of meaning to his life. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated from the French by Robert Baldick with an introduction by James Wood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNausea\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis both the story of the troubled life of an introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, and an exposition of one of the most influential and significant philosophical attitudes of modern times - existentialism. The book chronicles his struggle with the realisation that he is an entirely free agent in a world devoid of meaning; a world in which he must find his own purpose and then take total responsibility for his choices. A seminal work of contemporary literary philosophy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNausea\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eevokes and examines the dizzying angst that can come from simply trying to live.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57921193673088,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/81-V87ub1pL._SY522.jpg?v=1776780569","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/david-szalay-flesh-copy","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}