A novel about rebellion against existence, the search for meaning, and the cost of clarity in a distracted world.
Buy the BookGregorio Mersantin Roquentin is not a hero. He is a man who rejected the illusion of belonging. An observer in a collapsing society. A rebel without a cause, because the cause is absurd. In him lives the echo of Camus’ Sisyphus, the solitude of Schopenhauer, and the strategic mind of a reluctant Nietzschean.
He walks alone—not as a victim, but as a thinker. A man not seeking answers, but clarity.
“He looked at the spreadsheet the way a monk stares at a crucifix—not out of devotion, but because it reminds him of the futility of prayer.”
“Most people do not want freedom. They want safety, applause, and sleep.”
“If truth is a burden, Gregorio carried it like a blade in his coat pocket—just in case.”
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” – Albert Camus
“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.” – Albert Bartlett
“The reason things seem unbearable is not because they are hard but because we are soft.” – Seneca
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” – Friedrich Nietzsche