J-K Huysmans - Böcker

Den hyperestetiske ädlingen Jean Floressas des Esseintes drar sig i äckel och fasa undan sin brutaliserade och nyttoorienterade tid och skapar sig en själstillvänd och njutningscentrerad tillvaro som eremit på den franska landsbygden. I en serie t...

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"Vilket symptom på tidsandan det ändå är! fortsatte han. Samhället måste verkligen vara smutsigt, om Gud inte längre har rätt att vara kräsen, om han tvingas plocka upp vad han hittar och får nöja sig med att kalla människor som jag!" I ...

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Joris-Karl Huysmans' shocking novel of an innocent's descent into a world of depraved, blasphemous rituals, The Damned (L -Bas) caused a scandal when it was first published in nineteenth-century France. This Penguin Classics edition is t...

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One who seeks to discover the brutal reality of fin-de-siecle French bourgeoisie society, will find it here, in Huysmans's melancholy tale. Class struggles form the background of this harrowing tale; Huysmans uses steadily devolving arguments over...

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Les Soeurs Vatard, described by its author as a "lewd but exact" slice of life, was J.-K. Huysmans' second novel. Huysmans abandoned poetry and turned to the novel at a time when the works of Emile Zola were intensely controversial; Les ...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the Unit...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the Unit...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the...

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Set against the backdrop of the Gothic cathedral at Chartres, this classic novel follows the spiritual and artistic journey of a young artist named Durtal. Part thriller, part meditation on the nature of faith and beauty, The Cathedral is a timele...

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Dans ce recueil d'essais et de pensées, J.K. Huysmans explore des sujets variés allant de la religion à la politique en passant par l'art et la littérature. Une lecture passionnante pour ceux qui aiment la réflexion. This work has been selected by...

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Dans ce recueil de trois nouvelles, J.K. Huysmans explore les vies et les expériences des Parisiens de la fin du 19ème siècle. À vau-l'eau raconte l'histoire d'un marin en quête d'une maison close; Un dilemme suit un jeune couple alors qu'ils lutt...

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