An edition of Against the grain (1922)

Against the grain

(a rebours)

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An edition of Against the grain (1922)

Against the grain

(a rebours)

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A rebours, Against the Grain or Against Nature in English, is an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans. Anti-hero Jean Des Esseintes despises the bourgeois society he lives in and withdraws into the aesthetic and artistic ideals that he has created. Believing the novel would be rejected by both critics and public, Huysman declared: "It will be the biggest fiasco of the year - but I don't care a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before, and I shall have said what I want to say..." The novel did receive great publicity on its release, but even though it was heavily criticized it also became influential with a new generation of writers and aesthetes.

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Hartsdale House
Language
English
Pages
339

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Cover of: Against the Grain
Against the Grain
2014-03-19, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Cover of: Against the grain
Against the grain
1969, Dover Publications, Constable
in English
Cover of: Against the grain
Against the grain: (A rebours).
1969, Dover Publications
in English
Cover of: Against the grain
Against the grain: (a rebours)
1931, Hartsdale House
in English
Cover of: Against the grain
Against the grain
1922, Lieber & Lewis
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New York
Other Titles
A rebours. English

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339 pages
Number of pages
339

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Open Library
OL28402873M
Internet Archive
againstgrainareb0000huys
OCLC/WorldCat
874327195

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