Exposing Roquentin’s “failure of imagination”, I show that his disintegration stems from an inability to constitute a cohesive life-story. ![]() Sartre’s novel, as well as his philosophical works, show that narratives are crucial for a meaningful sense of self and that without such narratives the very fabric of life dissolves. ![]() By offering a close and unorthodox reading of Sartre’s Nausea, this paper rebuts such claims. Such identity hinges on continuity and integration of the moments that make up one’s life, whereas Sartrean identity consists of radical conversions and discontinuity. It is thought that Sartrean Existentialism, which celebrates free and negating consciousness, leaves no room for developing a conception of narrative identity. Narrative theorists, such as Paul Ricoeur and Alasdair MacIntyre, tend to undermine the role of narratives in Jean-Paul Sartre’s philosophy.
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