The Life of J.-K. Huysmans, Paperback - Robert Baldick

Robert Baldick's Life of J.-K. Huysmans has become not just a standard reference work, to be consulted as regularly as the writing of the author wh...

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Publisher: Dedalus LtdAuthor(s): J. K. HuysmansTranslator: Brendan KingNumber of pages: 190Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 197 x 136 x 12Cover ty...

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: Dedalus LtdAuthor(s): J. K. HuysmansIllustration(s): 20 b&w photos of Chartres cathedral taken by Brendan KingTranslator: Brendan KingNu...

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DescriptionDuc Jean des Esseintes, the wealthy last survivor of a once-powerful family, has retreated from his bourgeois life in Paris. Overwhelmed...

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In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural home. On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in ...

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