One character in this work listens to a recording of the jazz song "Some of these Days" on a battered phonograph in a cafe, and another is kicked out of a library after making advances on a young boy. The central character of this work makes advances on a café owner named Francoise, and remembers his fling with the fat English girl Anny. The protagonist, a historian, tries to reconstruct the life of the Marquise of Rollebon before meeting "the Self-Taught Man" Ogier P. in the seaport town of Bouville. The protagonist becomes obsessed with the idea that objects are "touching" him, and questions his existence, asking if
One character in this work listens to a recording of the jazz song "Some of these Days" on a battered phonograph in a cafe, and another is kicked out of a library after making advances on a young boy. The central character of this work makes advances on a café owner named Francoise, and remembers his fling with the fat English girl Anny. The protagonist, a historian, tries to reconstruct the life of the Marquise of Rollebon before meeting "the Self-Taught Man" Ogier P. in the seaport town of Bouville. The protagonist becomes obsessed with the idea that objects are "touching" him, and questions his existence, asking if he is a "mere figment of the imagination." For 10 points, name this novel about the "sweetish sickness" that Antoine Roquentin experiences, a work by Sartre.
One character in this work listens to a recording of the jazz song "Some of these Days" on a battered phonograph in a cafe, and another is kicked out of a library after making advances on a young boy.
Nausea [or La Nausée]