Howard phillips lovecraft 18901937, who wrote as h. Against the grain, or against nature audiobook joriskarl huysmans 1848 1907, translated by john howard the book that. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Against nature and millions of other books are available for instant access. Such is the enticing epigraph of one early translation of huysmans cult novel of 1884, which is also routinely called the bible of decadence. The narrative is almost entirely a catalogue of the neurotic des esseintes aesthetic tastes, musings on literature, painting and religion, and. A rebours is a novel by the french writer joriskarl huysmans. Librivox recording of against the grain, or against nature, by joriskarl huysmans, read by martin geeson.
Huysmans and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The novel retains all of the unsettling force i remembered. After reading submission by michel houllebecq, where the main characters career revolves around j. Huysmans and the strange death of europe by douglas murray, which mentions. I had previously read a rebours some years ago, and picked up this audio as a refresher for a project im working on. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Against the grain, or against nature full audiobook youtube. A rebours translated against nature or against the grain 1884 is a novel by. Born in paris in 1848 and acknowledged as a principal architect of the findesiecle imagination, joriskarl huysmans was a career civil servant who wrote ten novels, most notably a rebours 1884 and labas 1891. Against nature is the story of des esseintes, an aesthete who.
Against nature by joriskarl huysmans about the book. The book appalled zola, who felt it had dealt a terrible blow to naturalism. Boultons reading is fluent, precise, and artful, without showiness or excessive flourish. Against nature against the grain audiobook by joris. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A rebours translated against nature or against the grain 1884 is a novel by the french writer joris. The last scion of an aristocratic family, des esseintes loathes nineteenth century bourgeois society and tries to retreat into an ideal artistic world of his own creation. Browse audiobooks written by daniel kahneman sorted by. Download audiobooks written by joriskarl huysmans to your device. Lovecraft, was an american writer who achieved posthumous acclaim for his outstanding and influential works of horror fiction. Jean des esseintes, an eccentric, reclusive, ailing aesthete. Huysman s began to drift away from the naturalists and found new friends among the symbolist and catholic writers whose work he had praised i n a rebo urs.
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