Against Nature: A New Translation of 'a Rebours' (Penguin Classics)

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Frail, sickly des Esseintes has dissipated a good part of his inheritance on various kinds of vice (there is a memorable passage early on about the mirrors in his bedroom). Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) is now recognized as one of the most challenging and innovative figures in European literature and an acknowledged principal architect of the fin-de-siècle imagination.

He is not interested in engaging conversation, or in intelligence or brilliance, he does not despair of meeting remarkable people, he is upset because he cannot meet himself--or rather, the self he imagines himself to be.Charles Marie Georges Huysmans was a French novelist who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans. Huysmans took the extreme side of those polar opposites and goes beyond somber writing and confronts the reader head on by presenting the world of Des Esseintes from a solipsistic standpoint in which as a reader you have no other safety net than your own experiences and opinions. I think I’ve been so focussed on introducing aspects of the movement that are less well-known that I have slightly neglected the classics. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

Twenty–three year–old Schopenhauer, who had a great influence on Huysmans, told Wieland, "Life is an unpleasant business. Kendi halinde okurdan kastım şu; eserin yazıldığı dönem, koşullar ve edebiyat tarihinde kapladığı yere takılmadan salt eserden, eserin kendi total varlığından edebi tat almanın peşinde olan insan ve kendi halinde bir okur yani bu tadı arzulayan yanımla keyif namına kefil değilim bu eserin. La storia di un solitario che disgustato dal trambusto dell’era moderna vive “lontano dal secolo”, dedica il suo tempo a rievocare epoche trascorse, per lui più cordiali, meno vili.We are also provided exquisite detail of, among other luxurious, lavish, plush, extravagant belongings, his vast library of rare books, ancient and modern, and his marvelous collection of paintings and prints.