Against Nature Joris-Karl Huysmans Penguin Classics Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Modern

Infamous As The Inspiration For Novel Which Slowly Corrupts Oscar Wilde\ S Dorian Gray Joris-Karl Huysmans\ Against Nature (A Rebours) Is Translated By Robert Baldick With An Introduction Patrick Mcguinness In Penguin Classics A Wildly Original Fin-De-Siècle Contains Only One Character Des Esseintes Decadent Ailing Aristocrat Who Retreats To Isolated Villa Where Her Indulges His Taste Luxury And Excess Veering Between Nervous Excitability Debilitating Ennui He Gluts Aesthetic Appetites Classical Literature Art Exotic Jewels (With Fatally Encrusts Shell Of Tortoise) Rich Perfumes Kaleidoscope Sensual Experiences Words Author Exploded \ Like Meteorite\ Has Enjoyed Cult Following This Day Revised Edition Baldick\ Lucid Translation Features New Chronology Reproduces 1903 Preface Well Selection Reviews From Writers Including Mallarmé Zola Wilde Huysmans (1848-1907) Now Recognized Most Challenging Innovative Figures European Acknowledged Principal Architect Imagination Was Career Civil Servant Wrote Ten Novels Notably Rebours Là-Bas If You Might Damned (La-Bas) Also Available Σελίδες: 288 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm