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Against Nature

Joris-Karl Huysmans,

Patrick McGuiness (Editor),

Robert Baldick (Translator)

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Jan 28, 2016 Fionnuala added it · review of another edition

Shelves: art-related, one-book-leads-to-another, proust-and-related, read-in-french, metamorphosis

April 7th, 2016
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

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Jan 29, 2016 Ian "Marvin" Graye rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: reviews-5-stars, reviews, huysmans, read-2016

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.

His ...more

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