Against the Grain by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Against the Grain

Joris-Karl Huysmans with John Howard (Translator)

176 pages first pub 1884 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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A Rebours (Against the Grain) (1884), was a break from Naturalism for the French writer, and became the ultimate example of 'decadent' literature. It features a single character, the aesthete Des Esseintes, an eccentric, reclusive antihero. It gai...

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