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Against the Grain (À Rebours)
J. K. Huysmans
出版
Digireads.com Publishing
, 2008
主題
Fiction / General
Fiction / Literary
ISBN
1420930761
9781420930764
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=OxJPtAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Described as "A Novel Without a Plot" J. K. Huysman's "Against the Grain (À Rebours)" is a relatively simple story. It concerns the seclusion of one Des Esseintes, the last member of a once powerful and noble family. Having lived an extremely decadent life, Des Esseintes finds himself disgusted with human society and retreats to a house in the countryside where he is intent upon spending the rest of his days in intellectual and aesthetic contemplation. Because of its decadent content "Against the Grain" created quite a stir when it was first published and in breaking from the Naturalist school of literature Huysman's work established itself as a major piece of the Symbolist aesthetic.