Against Nature |
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| Author:
| Huysmans, J. -K. |
| Translator:
| King, Brendan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-903517-65-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Publisher: | Dedalus Books Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $26.99 |
Book Description:
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Des Esseintes, is a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa. Here, accompanied only by a couple of silent servants, he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems, and complex perfumes and embarks on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments
Des Esseintes, is a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa. Here, accompanied only by a couple of silent servants, he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems, and complex perfumes and embarks on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments