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Against Nature (riverrun editions)

- a new translation of the compulsively readable cult classic
Af: Joris-Karl Huysmans Engelsk Paperback

Against Nature (riverrun editions)

- a new translation of the compulsively readable cult classic
Af: Joris-Karl Huysmans Engelsk Paperback
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The cult novel of fin de siècle decadence that inspired Oscar Wilde

''It will be biggest fiasco of the year - but I don''t give a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before.''

The title page of the first complete English translation of Against Nature (published in the French as À Rebours) included the caption ''the book that Dorian Gray loved and inspired Oscar Wilde.'' It was, declared Wilde, one of the best novels he had ever read.

It is the story of Jean des Esseintes, the last of a proud and noble family, who retreats from the world in disgust at bourgeois society and leads a life based on cultivation of the senses through art. Des Esseintes distills perfumes from the rarest oils and essences, he creates a garden of poisonous flowers, sets gemstones in a tortoise''s gold-painted shell and plans to corrupt a street urchin until he is degraded enough to commit murder. Des Esseintes'' aesthetic pilgrimage is described in minutely documented realistic detail and was widely regarded as the guidebook of decadence.

This influential novel is now available in a new translation by Theo Cuffe and includes a preface by Luc Sante.

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The cult novel of fin de siècle decadence that inspired Oscar Wilde

''It will be biggest fiasco of the year - but I don''t give a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before.''

The title page of the first complete English translation of Against Nature (published in the French as À Rebours) included the caption ''the book that Dorian Gray loved and inspired Oscar Wilde.'' It was, declared Wilde, one of the best novels he had ever read.

It is the story of Jean des Esseintes, the last of a proud and noble family, who retreats from the world in disgust at bourgeois society and leads a life based on cultivation of the senses through art. Des Esseintes distills perfumes from the rarest oils and essences, he creates a garden of poisonous flowers, sets gemstones in a tortoise''s gold-painted shell and plans to corrupt a street urchin until he is degraded enough to commit murder. Des Esseintes'' aesthetic pilgrimage is described in minutely documented realistic detail and was widely regarded as the guidebook of decadence.

This influential novel is now available in a new translation by Theo Cuffe and includes a preface by Luc Sante.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9781787475502
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1787475506
Udg. Dato: 7 mar 2019
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 196mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato: 7 mar 2019
Forfatter(e): Joris-Karl Huysmans
Forfatter(e) Joris-Karl Huysmans


Kategori Klassisk skønlitteratur


ISBN-13 9781787475502


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 304


Udgave


Længde 12mm


Bredde 196mm


Højde 128mm


Udg. Dato 7 mar 2019


Oplagsdato 7 mar 2019


Forlag Quercus Publishing

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