Against the Grain (À rebours) by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Against the Grain (À rebours)

Joris-Karl Huysmans with Havelock Ellis (Contributor), Jacob Howard Lewis (Translator)

331 pages hardcover 1884

140 editions

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Because of his extreme sensitivity to the absurd and grotesque in human affairs, the Duc Jean des Esseintes, wealthy last survivor of a once-powerful family that has succumbed to inbreeding and degeneracy, has estranged himself from society and sa...

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