Against Nature (A Rebours), Hardcover - Joris -. Karl Huysmans

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Contributor(s): Author: J. -K HuysmansTranslator: Brendan KingDes Esseintes is a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity o...

A wildly original fin-de-siècle novel, Against Nature follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an i...

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Jeff SparrowNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 22Cover type: Paperback / so...

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