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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Against Nature
Author: HUYSMANS JORIS-KARL
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/05/2003
Imprint: PENGUIN CLASSIC
Price: $27.00
Publishing status: Active
The original handbook of decadence – has enjoyed a cult readership since its publication, with fans including Oscar Wilde and Marianne Faithfull
The hero of this curious novel is 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 a couple of silent servants, he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems, and complex perfumes and embarks on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments, starting with the decision to give his giant pet tortoise a jewel-encrusted shell…
ISBN: 9780140447637
Weight: 220g
Dimension: 196mm X 128mm
Pages: 288
Edition: 02