Book Review: "Nausea" by Jean-Paul Sartre

 The book deals with themes of loneliness and existential crisis through the day-to-day life of the main character, named Antoine Roquentine. He is a historian who wanders through cafes, parks, and libraries, where he does his research for the book he is writing about a historical figure named Rollebon. He has no friends or family, and he mostly interacts with a guy who tries to read every book in the library in alphabetic order. Apart from him,later on in the book, he meets Annie, his longtime lover, but they don't get back together. The existential crisis of Roquentine is intensified as the book goes on and as the book he is writing comes to an end. The book ends as he decides to write a novel sometime in the future. All the major characters of the book are lonely at heart and have their own inner battles, which makes them interesting and relatable to some extent. The book is also full of mesmerizing quotes and paragraphs and has near-poetic prose. It's easily one of the best books I've ever read.