La nausée vs Totem und Tabu: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis
La nausée
A fascinating existentialist novel, written in the form of a journal, about a historian who moves to a small port in northern France to research a biography he is intending to write. Whilst there his senses become…
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Totem und Tabu
Freud investigates the function and structure of totemic systems among primitive peoples and presents a psychoanalytical study of modern taboos.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- La nausée has the widest readership — 146091 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| La nausée | Totem und Tabu | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (146091) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| La nausée | Totem und Tabu | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 146091 | 2 |
| Editions | 98 | 51 |
| Citations | — | 230 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 7441 | — |
| Pages | 238 | 186 |