La Nausée

Book Playlist

La Nausée Playlist

by Jean-Paul Sartre

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 18, 2026

A journey from the damp, watchful atmosphere of Bouville into Roquentin’s mounting estrangement, this playlist moves between spare chamber music, unsettled jazz, and songs that give voice to loneliness, desire, and mortality. Its closing turn toward music’s capacity to make meaning echoes the record that briefly arrests Roquentin’s nausea: “Some of These Days.”

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Track List

20 songs

1

Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 1, Dawn

Benjamin Britten · Britten: Four Sea Interludes, Passacaglia from Peter Grimes & Sinfonia da Requiem

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2

Pavane, Op. 50

Gabriel Fauré · The Secret Fauré 2

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3

In a Landscape

John Cage · Der Bote

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4

Nuages

Django Reinhardt · Electric Django: Radio Recordings 1947

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5

Blue In Green

Miles Davis · The Jazz Masters - 27 Classic Performances From The Columbia Masterpieces Series

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6

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op.45; Intermezzo "Aleko"; Vocalise, Op.34

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7

The Pearl

Harold Budd · Wind In Lonely Fences 1970 - 2011

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8

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

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9

Equivalent 1

Loscil · Equivalents

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10

At The End Of The Day

Amon Tobin · Foley Room

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11

Midnight Black Earth

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Black Earth

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12

Where Is My Mind

Maxence Cyrin · Novö Piano

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13

Threnody

Goldmund · The Malady Of Elegance

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14

Sweden

C418 · Minecraft - Volume Alpha

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15

Some of These Days

Sophie Tucker · Roaring 20's Revue Vol. 1

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16

La mer

Charles Trenet · Disque D'or

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17

Les Vieux

Jacques Brel · 15 Ans D'Amour

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18

Nantes

Barbara · Les 50 Plus Belles Chansons De Barbara

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19

Les passantes

Georges Brassens · Georges Brassens N°13

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20

Non, je ne regrette rien

Édith Piaf · Eternelle

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