Against Nature

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness, Penguin Books Ltd
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
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...

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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...

More books from Penguin Books Ltd

Cover of the book Mozart's Journey to Prague and Selected Poems by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book The Serpent's Teeth by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book The Darkness and the Thunder by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book The Secrets of Angel Healing by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book Waterloo by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book Black Heart Blue by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book Cold Christmas by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book The Loom of Time by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book The Lost Princess by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book At the Edge by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book Selected Poetry by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book Oblomov by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
Cover of the book Don't Mess with a Princess by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy