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I finished this book more than two months ago and it’s been lying unreviewed since, partly because I hadn’t time to review it and partly because I didn’t know how to review it. I could have just written a short account of how much I enjoyed reading the book, especially the art and literature sections, but I always like to find a unique angle on the books I review, I like to find something to say, or at least a way to say it, that may not have been thought of before, impossible as ...more
I finished this book more than two months ago and it’s been lying unreviewed since, partly because I hadn’t time to review it and partly because I didn’t know how to review it. I could have just written a short account of how much I enjoyed reading the book, especially the art and literature sections, but I always like to find a unique angle on the books I review, I like to find something to say, or at least a way to say it, that may not have been thought of before, impossible as ...more
Decadent Rants and Harangues
This 1884 novel is a wonderful assemblage of prescient and decadent rants.
Something Huysmans says of another book of rants could apply equally to his own work:
"Conceived as harangues, they contained a certain strong muscular energy and were astonishing in the intolerance of their convictions."
Scoundrels and Imbeciles
Jean Des Esseintes (I'll call him Des E for short) fills his life with literature, art, music, furniture, jewelry, flowers, perfumes, food and liquor.
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This 1884 novel is a wonderful assemblage of prescient and decadent rants.
Something Huysmans says of another book of rants could apply equally to his own work:
"Conceived as harangues, they contained a certain strong muscular energy and were astonishing in the intolerance of their convictions."
Scoundrels and Imbeciles
Jean Des Esseintes (I'll call him Des E for short) fills his life with literature, art, music, furniture, jewelry, flowers, perfumes, food and liquor.
His ...more
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