Word download a pdf of the against the grain ebook pdf. Against the grain a rebours by joriskarl huysmans 1884. Against the grain provins that seemed to shake and shiver in a sunlit dust. Against the grain 2 provins that seemed to shake and shiver in a sunlit dust. Against nature or in this version against the grain explores to the furthest limit the life of the worldrejecting aesthete living a reclusive existence devoted entirely to artificial paradises of his own devising. Faq for information about file content and naming conventions. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The project gutenberg ebook of against the grain, by joriskarl huysmans this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. The project gutenberg ebook of against the grain, by joris. Huysmans s against the grain for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile.
By joriskarl huysmans author in general, zz free because of his extreme sensitivity to the absurd and grotesque in human affairs, the protagonist of this masterpiece of decadence. Des esseintes in his study, by arthur zaidenberg against the grain, new york. Against the grain a rebours by joriskarl huysmans 1884 the bestknown example of findesiecle decadence, this novel has been banned and expurgated for years. He spent the hours in reading or dreaming, drinking his fill of solitude till nightfall. Against the grain, or against nature joriskarl huysmans 1848 1907, translated by john howard the book that dorian gray loved and that inspired oscar wilde. Charlesmariegeorges huysmans was a french novelist who published his works as j. When joriskarl huysmans novel a rebours against the grain appeared in 1884, it simultaneously marked the onset and the high point of the international. Zlibrary is one of the largest online libraries in the world that contains over 4,960,000 books and 77,100,000 articles. A web site that aims to provide uptodate and reliable information about the life and work of the french novelist joriskarl huysmans. In his preface for the 1903 publication of the novel, huysmans wrote that he had the idea to portray a man soaring. Against the grain by joriskarl huysmans full text free book. Against the grain joriskarl huysmans audiobook and. A rebours translated into english as against nature or against the.
Against the grain, or a rebours, was written by joris huysmans in 1884, and it tells the story of a young duke named jean des esseintes who indulges in a life of debauchery in paris but suffers. Against the grain a deep history of the earliest states james c. See also the what is the directory structure for the texts. Against the grain by joriskarl huysmans, project gutenberg ebook in english omits a chapter in which des. A rebours, against the grain or against nature in english, is an 1884 novel by joriskarl huysmans. The bestknown example of findesiecle decadence, this novel has been banned and. A rebours 1884 is a novel by the french writer joriskarl huysmans. The project gutenberg ebook of against the grain, by joriskarl.