Against Nature

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Author: Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness ISBN: 9780141906607
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: May 1, 2003
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
ISBN: 9780141906607
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: May 1, 2003
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

The hero of this curious novel is des Esseintes, 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, starting with the decision to give his giant pet tortoise a jewel-encrusted shell...

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The hero of this curious novel is des Esseintes, 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, starting with the decision to give his giant pet tortoise a jewel-encrusted shell...

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