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Against Nature

Joris-Karl Huysmans

3.80/5 (9399 ratings)

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With a title translated either as Against Nature or as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-de-siècle novel follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where he indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise), rich perfumes, and a kaleidoscope of sensual experiences. The original handbook of decadence, Against Nature exploded like a grenade (in the words of Huysmans) and has enjoyed a cult readership from its publication to the present day.

Format:

Pages:: 288 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Penguin Classics

Edition:: Penguin Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0140447636

ISBN13:: 9780140447637

kindle Asin:: B01ED4MK4C

Against Nature

Joris-Karl Huysmans

3.80/5 (9399 ratings)

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With a title translated either as Against Nature or as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-de-siècle novel follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where he indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise), rich perfumes, and a kaleidoscope of sensual experiences. The original handbook of decadence, Against Nature exploded like a grenade (in the words of Huysmans) and has enjoyed a cult readership from its publication to the present day.

Format:

Pages:: 288 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Penguin Classics

Edition:: Penguin Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0140447636

ISBN13:: 9780140447637

kindle Asin:: B01ED4MK4C

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