Against the Grain by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Against the Grain

Joris-Karl Huysmans with John Howard (Translator)

172 pages first pub 1884 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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Jean des Esseintes is the last member of a powerful and once proud noble family. He has lived an extremely decadent life in Paris, which has left him disgusted with human society. Without telling anyone, he retreats to a house in the countryside. ...

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