In this novel, Antoine Roquentin, an introspective historian, records the disturbing shifts in his perceptions and his struggle to restore meaning to life in a continuing present and without lies. This is Sartre's first published novel and his first extended essay on existential philosophy.
让-保罗・萨特是20世纪法国最伟大的思想家之一,存在主义的鼻祖。1905年出生于法国巴黎一个海军军官的家庭,1924年,以优异成绩考人巴黎高等师范学院,专攻哲学。二战结束后不久,萨特和梅洛・庞蒂、阿隆、波伏娃创办了《现代》杂志,这份杂志成为存在主义的重要论坛。从此,萨特辞去教职,成为一位职业作家,活跃在法国和世界政治、文化舞台上,直到1980年逝世。