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BOOKS by Joris-Karl Huysmans

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Against the grain

Against the grain more books like this

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Huysmans tells the story of a jaded count who tries to revive his senses by means of increasingly more extravagant intoxications. When A REBOURS appeared in 1884, Huysmans wrote, it "fell like an aerolite into the literary fairground, to be received with mingled amazement and indignation; the Press completely lost their heads; such an outburst of ...

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Against nature

Against nature more books like this

by J.-K. Huysmans

A wildly original fin-de-siA]cle novel, "Against Nature" 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, ...

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Down there (La bas)

Down there (La bas) more books like this

by J.-K. Huysmans

Classic novel of Satanism and Black Mass by greatest of French "decadents."

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Lą-bas

Lą-bas more books like this

by J.-K. Huysmans

Published in 1891, LA-BAS is Huysmans' best-selling novel; its success was due, in part, to its sensational contents (descriptions of Satanism in late 1880 France.) It is in this novel that Huysmans' character, Durtal, is introduced for the first time. This character is thought to be a semi-autobiographical depiction of the author and is used in ...

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Against nature; a new translation of Ą rebours

Against nature; a new translation of Ą rebours more books like this

by J.-K. Huysmans

Huysmans tells the story of a jaded count who tries to revive his senses by means of increasingly more extravagant intoxications. When A REBOURS appeared in 1884, Huysmans wrote, it "fell like an aerolite into the literary fairground, to be received with mingled amazement and indignation; the Press completely lost their heads; such an outburst of ...

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The Cathedral

The Cathedral more books like this

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

The Virgin had appeared to two children on a hill. By another coincidence, this Saturday was the eve of the Festival of Our Lady of Seven Dolours. And she appeared as Our Lady of Tears in that desert landscape of stubborn rocks and dismal hills. Weeping bitterly, She had uttered reproofs and threats. The fame of this event spread far and wide; ...

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A Rebours

by J.-K. Huysmans

Huysmans tells the story of a jaded count who tries to revive his senses by means of increasingly more extravagant intoxications. When A REBOURS appeared in 1884, Huysmans wrote, it "fell like an aerolite into the literary fairground, to be received with mingled amazement and indignation; the Press completely lost their heads; such an outburst of ...

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Against Nature: A Rebours

Against Nature: A Rebours more books like this

by J -K Huysmans, Brendan King (Translator)

Huysmans tells the story of a jaded count who tries to revive his senses by means of increasingly more extravagant intoxications. When A REBOURS appeared in 1884, Huysmans wrote, it "fell like an aerolite into the literary fairground, to be received with mingled amazement and indignation; the Press completely lost their heads; such an outburst of ...

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En route

En route more books like this

by J.-K. Huysmans

"Out of curiosity and to kill time, after so many years of forgetfulness, he enters a church and hears the Vespers for the Dead. Heavily upon his ears the music falls -- psalm after psalm, in antiphonal chant, as the singers toss up, like ditch-diggers, their shovels-full of verses -- and shakes his soul to its depths!" Disgusted with life, ...

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The Oblate of St. Benedict

The Oblate of St. Benedict more books like this

by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Terry Hale (Editor), Edward Perceval (Translator)

This is the final part of Huysmans' alter ego, Durtal's spiritual journey. From the satanism of La-Bas (1891) he makes his way to the foot of the cross by a retreat in a Trappist monastery in En Route (1895) and by living in Chartres in The Cathedral (1898) until finally he embraces Roman Catholicism in The Oblate of St. Benedict (1903). Durtal is ...

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The Road from Decadence: From Brothel to Cloister - Selected Letters of J. K. Huysmans more books like this

by Barbara Beaumont (Editor), Joris-Karl Huysmans

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With the Flow: And M. Bougran's Retirement

With the Flow: And M. Bougran's Retirement

by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Andrew Brown (Translator), Simon Callow (Foreword by)

A VAU L'EAU (WITH THE FLOW), a bleakly comic parable about a clerk that Huysman wrote in 1882, prefigures some of the themes he would turn to two years later in his masterpiece, A REBOURS.

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Becalmed more books like this

by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Terry Hale (Translator)

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St. Lydwine of Schiedam

by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Agnes Hastings (Translator)

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The oblate

by J.-K. Huysmans

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Marthe more books like this

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Against the Grain more books like this

by Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans

Huysmans was a French novelist noted for his vast scope of language, his sensuous descriptions and satirical wit. His pessimistic outlook showed a deep disgust for modern life. Des Esseintes is the main character. He is an exocentric antihero who despises 19th century upper=class society. Des Esseintes tried to create his own artistic world. This ...

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En Rade more books like this

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

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Marthe: The Story of a Whore more books like this

by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Brendan King (Translator)

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Lettres Inedites a E. De Goncourt

by Jorisā Karl Huysmans

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Cathedral: Dedalus European Classics

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

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Down There La Bas a Study in more books like this

by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Keene Wallis (Translator)

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Lettres Inedites a Jules Destree

by Jorisā Karl Huysmans

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L-Bas more books like this

by Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans

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Allį Lejos

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

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