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Author Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907.

Title Against the grain = À rebours / J.K. Huysmans ; translated by John Howard
Published [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (305 pages)
Summary À rebours, Against the Grain or Against Nature in English, is an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans. Anti-hero Jean Des Esseintes despises the bourgeois society he lives in and withdraws into the aesthetic and artistic ideals that he has created. Believing the novel would be rejected by both critics and public, Huysman declared: "It will be the biggest fiasco of the year - but I don't care a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before ..
Subject Aesthetics -- Fiction
Aesthetics
Genre/Form Fiction
Form Electronic book
Author Howard, John
ISBN 9781775411109
1775411109
9781775411109
1775411109
9781775568704
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Other Titles À rebours. English
À rebours