This novel's central character ponders an alternative to his misery while hearing "Some of These Days" at the Railwaymen's Rendezvous, before which his former lover describes her satisfaction as a "kept" woman.
This novel's central character ponders an alternative to his misery while hearing "Some of These Days" at the Railwaymen's Rendezvous, before which his former lover describes her satisfaction as a "kept" woman. The Corsican punches one of this novel's characters, causing a nosebleed as tries to read all of the books in a library in alphabetical order. The narrator of this novel spends years in (*) Bouville working on the biography of the Marquis de Rollebon, a project that he considers futile after losing both the love of his life, Anny, and his only friend, The Self-Taught Man. This novel ends with a planned move to Paris by diarist Antoine Roquentin. For 10 points, name this novel by Jean-Paul Sartre about a "sweetish sickness". 
This novel's central character ponders an alternative to his misery while hearing "Some of These Days" at the Railwaymen's Rendezvous, before which his former lover describes her satisfaction as a "kept" woman.
Nausea