Against Nature (A Rebours)
- ISBN-10
- 1731702051
- ISBN-13
- 9781731702050
- Series
- Against Nature (À Rebours)
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-10-30
- Publisher
- Simon & Brown
- Author
- Joris -. Karl Huysmans
Description
Against Nature (A rebours) centers on a single character: Jean des Esseintes, an eccentric, reclusive, ailing aesthete.
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