BOOK CLUB: Philosophy, Spirituality & Psychology
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Hi all,
We have chosen to read "Nausea" by Jean-Paul Sartre. We will read the entire book before our next MeetUp.
Description: "Nausea is a short, strange, deeply unsettling novel about a man who one day finds himself unable to pretend that the world makes sense — and what happens to him as a result.
Antoine Roquentin isn't depressed, exactly, and he isn't going mad; he's simply become too aware — of the raw, purposeless fact that things exist, that he exists, that none of it has any inherent reason or justification.
Sartre smuggles an entire philosophy into what reads like a moody, atmospheric diary, set in a gray French port town in perpetual winter, and the result is one of those rare books that can genuinely change how you see a door handle, a pebble, your own hands — not in a comfortable way, but in a way that feels, once you've experienced it, completely honest.
If you've ever had even a flicker of the sense that ordinary life is somehow agreed-upon fiction, that people around you are performing a confidence they don't quite earn, this book will feel like someone finally wrote it down."
You can find it on Amazon, here (it's hard to find): https://a.co/d/0erypN39
As usual feel free to contact me if you require a copy.
Hope to see you all there!
Matthew Woolsey
(360) 201-3572