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The Stranger
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Like 'La náusea', this explores alienation and the absurd in an indifferent universe.
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La náusea
by Jean-Paul Sartre (1938)
★3.63(202 ratings)
A fascinating existentialist novel, written in the form of a journal, about a historian who moves to a small port in northern France to research a biography he is intending to write. Whilst there his senses become dulled and he becomes increasingly disgusted by his own existence, finding no solace with friends or a woman he begins an affair with.
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The Trial
by Franz Kafka (1918)
★3.85(616)
Shares 'La náusea's' sense of disorientation and the individual's struggle against an absurd system.
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Echoes 'La náusea's' deep dive into the darker aspects of human consciousness and existence.
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The Myth of Sisyphus
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Like 'La náusea', it confronts the absurdity of existence and the search for meaning.
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