{"product_id":"9781250787668-against-nature-a-novel","title":"Huysmans Joris - Karl - Against Nature A Novel - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Joris - Karl Huysmans's cult classic of deviance and decadence that inspired Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray now in a new translation by Theo Cuffe A celebration of deviance vanity sensual abandon and the aesthetics of artifice Against Nature brings us the nineteenth - century rebel Jean Des Esseintes disaffected degenerate and art obsessed. The last of a proud and noble family Des Esseintes retreats from the world in disgust at bourgeois society and leads a life based on cultivation of the senses through art. He distills perfumes from the rarest oils and essences creates a garden of poisonous flowers sets gemstones in a tortoise's gold - painted shell and plans to corrupt a street urchin until he is degraded enough to commit murder. Des Esseintes's groundbreaking aesthetic pilgrimage in Against Nature has served as the guidebook to decadence for more than a century inspiring writers from Oscar Wilde to Michel Houellebecq. A pioneer whose early work took inspiration from Baudelaire and Zola Joris - Karl Huysmans was a founder of the nineteenth - century decadent movement. Against Nature has influenced countless writers and artists and enjoys a cult following to this day. This new translation by Theo Cuffe with a foreword by Lucy Sante captures the magnificence of Huysmans's famous style filled with wit and irony expressiveness and precision erudition and sensuality.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Against Nature A Novel\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Huysmans Joris - Karl\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Picador\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781250787668\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 304 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 2\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Fiction","brand":"Huysmans Joris - Karl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49614841938225,"sku":"IN-G-9781250787668","price":15.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781250787668.jpg?v=1724617938","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781250787668-against-nature-a-novel","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}