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Against Nature
Joris Karl Huysmans
Against Nature
Joris Karl Huysmans
Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans is a novel and narrative almost entirely on its principal character, and is mostly a catalogue of the tastes and inner life of Jean Des Esseintes. Des Esseintes, is a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa. Here, accompanied only by a couple of silent servants, he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems, and complex perfumes and embarks on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments. Charles-Marie-Georges was a French novelist who published his works as Joris-Karl. He is most famous for the novel À rebours (Against the Grain or Against Nature). His style is remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, wide-ranging vocabulary, wealth of detailed and sensuous description, and biting, satirical wit.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 1, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9781612039114 |
Publishers | Spastic Cat Press |
Pages | 156 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 8 mm · 217 g |
Language | English |
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