Against nature
Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-19072009
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This novel focuses on the attempts of its anti-hero, the neurotic and aesthete, Des Esseintes, to escape Paris and the vulgarity of modern life. Holed up in his private museum of high taste, he offers a treasure trove of cultural delights.
Main title:
Against nature / Joris-Karl Huysmans.
Edition:
New ed. / translated by Margaret Mauldon ; edited with an introduction and notes by Nicholas White.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Collation:
272 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
This ed. of this translation originally published: 1998.Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780199555116 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.8
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
1612224
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