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Against Nature: (A Rebours) (Oxford World's Classics)
Against Nature - A Rebours - Oxford World's Classics
Author: J.-K Huysmans, Margaret Mauldon, Nicholas White, J. K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192823670
ISBN-10: 0192823671
Publication Date: 9/23/1998
Pages: 227
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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