Книга: Against Nature (Huysmans Joris-Karl); Riverrun, 2024

The cult novel of fin de siecle decadence that inspired Oscar Wilde

‘It will be biggest fiasco of the year – but I don’t give a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before.’

The title page of the first complete English translation of Against Nature (published in the French as A Rebours) included the caption ‘the book that Dorian Gray loved and inspired Oscar Wilde.’ It was, declared Wilde, one of the best novels he had ever read.

It is the story of Jean des Esseintes, the last of a proud and noble family, who retreats from the world in disgust at bourgeois society and leads a life based on cultivation of the senses through art. Des Esseintes distills perfumes from the rarest oils and essences, he creates a garden of poisonous flowers, sets gemstones in a tortoise’s gold-painted shell and plans to corrupt a street urchin until he is degraded enough to commit murder. Des Esseintes’ aesthetic pilgrimage is described in minutely documented realistic detail and was widely regarded as the guidebook of decadence.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9781787475502
Автор(ы)	Huysmans Joris-Karl
Вес	0.22
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2024
Жанр	проза на иностранном языке
Издатель	Riverrun
Издательство	Riverrun
Кол-во страниц	304
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	304
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Серия	riverrun editions
Тип обложки	мягкая