Against Nature (A Rebours) (Penguin Classics)

A wildly original fin-de-siècle novel, Against Nature follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats... Comments: Do not buy the edition with no publishers mark and the Flemish style portrait... It's hard to believe that a "novel", if that is what you want to call this...
There is a scene in one of the last episodes of "Frasier" where the... Huysmans's work is over long stretches quite a hilarious book, deriving its... Started out at a 5-star level. Highly original ideas. The imagination of a... Read More »

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