Against Nature (riverrun editions)

a new translation of the compulsively readable cult classic

By:

Joris-Karl Huysmans

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Paperback / softback

Series:

riverrun editions

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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. This influential novel is now available in a new translation by Theo Cuffe and includes a preface by Luc Sante.

Author Biography:

Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) was a French novelist and art critic. Theo Cuffe has translated Voltaire's Candide and a collection of his philosophical tales (Micremegas & Other Short Fictions) for Penguin Classics. Luc Sante is a writer and critic.

Release date Australia

March 7th, 2019

Author

Joris-Karl Huysmans

Series

riverrun editions

Contributors

Contributions by Luc Sante
Translated by Theo Cuffe

Pages

304

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

130x198x24

ISBN-13

9781787475502

Product ID

28269092

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