Against Nature : A Rebours (Oxford World's Classics)
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Resisting the traditional model of nineteenth-century fiction, Joris-Karl Huysman produced in 1884 a novel unlike any other of his time. Against Nature is the story of Des Esseintes, an aesthete who attempts to escape Paris and, along with it, the vulgarity of modern life. As Des Esseintes
hides away in his museum of high taste, Huysman offers the reader a treasury of cultural delights and anticipates many aspects of twentieth century modernism. Supplemented by notes and a critical introduction, this new translation is sure to engage today's reader.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Against Nature : A Rebours (Oxford World's Classics)
Against Nature: A Rebours (Oxford World's Classics),Joris-Karl Huysmans,Nicholas White,Margaret Mauldon,Oxford University Press, USA,0192823671,Classics,European - French,Fiction,French Novel And Short Story,General,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,19th century fiction,Fiction / Classics,French,Literature/English | World Literature | France
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