Joris karl huysmans was a famous french writer known for his large vocabulary and wit. Charles marie georges huysmans was a french novelist who published his works as joriskarl huysmans. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 242 pages and is available in paperback format. Buy a cheap copy of against nature book by joris karl huysmans. It was also translated into english as against nature. Against nature ebook by joriskarl huysmans official publisher. As j k huysmans announced in 1884, against nature was fated to be a novel like no other. Joriskarl huysmans 18481907 is recognized as one of the most challenging and innovative figures in european literature and acknowledged as principal architect of the findesiecle imagination. Closely arrayed, side by side, in the old frames which their broad shoulders filled, they startled one with the fixed gaze of their eyes, their fierce moustaches and the chests whose deep curves filled the enormous shells of their cuirasses.
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It was, declared wilde, one of the best novels he had ever read. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Joriskarl huysmans is currently considered a single author. Either translated as against nature or against the grain, the title refers to the central process of the book, in which an aristocrat, des esseintes, completely withdraws himself from society to immerse himself in concentrated sensations in private. May 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Joris karl huysmans books free pdf books bookyards.
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Joriskarl huysmans is most famous for this novel against nature and he predicted it would be a failure with the public and critics. The last scion of an aristocratic family, des esseintes loathes nineteenth century bourgeois society and tries to retreat into an ideal. Against the grain, novel by joriskarl huysmans, published in french as a rebours in 1884. It was also translated into english as against nature in both its style and its subject, the work epitomizes the decadence of late 19thcentury french elite culture. Against nature by joriskarl huysmans book analysis. Publication date 1959 topics french fiction publisher.