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Rec'd on 📖 6/11: ONE (1) OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS
NAUSEA BY JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (1938)
A mainstay on my bookshelf that I re-read at least once a year, it unflinchingly portrays that feeling of listlessness and apathy (the titular nausea) that I think afflicts more of us than we’d care to admit. It’s existential, it’s systemic, it’s personal, it’s all around us - and on a more personal note, the ending with Anny never fails to hit home
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@haydenaugust
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@shlotshlot
god i loved this book but i could not imagine re-reading it every year, it took me 2 years after first picking it up to ever read through it completely because of how draining and depressing it made me feel. it was the first time id ever seen someone express so clearly that feeling of depersonalization and disassociation that comes with being depressed and i’m thankful to have read it, but holy hell lol. it is great though and i was gonna add it if nobody else did so ty :D
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@haydenaugust
Of course, I was surprised nobody else had said it either! And rereading it is tough for sure, to be frank I think some of it comes down to straight up masochism, but every time I notice something new and have a new angle to approach it from!
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