Against Nature

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J. K. Huysmans

Verlag:

Dedalus

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: XWNG3YK

EAN: 9781903517659

Erhältlich:

Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Di, 23.06.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 24.80

Beschreibung

Against Nature is Huysmans's great fin-de-sicle novel anticipating many strains of modernism in its appreciation of Baudelaire, Moreau, Redon, Mallarm and Poe. A novel like no other, it features a hero, des Esseintes, a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa. Here, accompanied only by two silent servants, he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems, and complex perfumes, embarking on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments, starting with the decision to give his giant pet tortoise a jewel-encrusted shell.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

J. K. Huysmans
Brendan King

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Format

Buch (Softcover)

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