Against the grain =: À rebours /

À rebours, Against the Grain or Against Nature in English, is an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans. Anti-hero Jean Des Esseintes despises the bourgeois society he lives in and withdraws into the aesthetic and artistic ideals that he has created. Believing the novel would be rejected by both critics...

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Main Author: Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907
Other Authors: Howard, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
French
Published: [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, ©2009.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:À rebours, Against the Grain or Against Nature in English, is an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans. Anti-hero Jean Des Esseintes despises the bourgeois society he lives in and withdraws into the aesthetic and artistic ideals that he has created. Believing the novel would be rejected by both critics and public, Huysman declared: "It will be the biggest fiasco of the year - but I don't care a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (305 pages)
ISBN:9781775411109
1775411109
9781775568704
1775568709

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