Against Nature (riverrun editions) by Joris-Karl Huysmans - ISBN: 9781787475502
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Cult decadent novel: a sensuous, poisonous, and forbidden aesthetic pilgrimage.

Against Nature (riverrun editions)

a new translation of the compulsively readable cult classic

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    12 March 2019

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Summary

The cult novel of fin de siècle decadence that inspired Oscar Wilde

‘It will be biggest fiasco of the year - but I don’t give a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before.’

The title page of the first complete English translation of AGAINST NATURE (published in the French as A REBOURS) included the caption ‘the book that Dorian Gray loved and inspired Oscar Wilde.’ It was, declared Wilde, one of the best novels he had eve…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781787475502
ISBN-10:1787475506
Author:Joris-Karl Huysmans, Theo Cuffe, Luc Sante
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:riverrun
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:12 March 2019
Weight:214g
Dimensions:195mm x 129mm x 18mm
Series:riverrun editions
About The Author

Joris-Karl Huysmans

Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) was a French novelist and art critic.

Theo Cuffe has translated Voltaire’s Candide and a collection of his philosophical tales (Micremegas & Other Short Fictions) for Penguin Classics.

Luc Sante is a writer and critic.

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