Against the Grain, EPUB eBook

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French novelist Joris-Karl Huysmans is most famous for the novel A rebours (Against Nature).

His style is remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, wide-ranging vocabulary, wealth of detailed and sensuous description, and biting, satirical wit.

The novels are also noteworthy for their encyclopaedic documentation, ranging from the catalogue of decadent Latin authors in A rebours to the discussion of the symbology of Christian architecture in La cathedrale.

Huysmans' work expresses a disgust with modern life and a deep pessimism, which led the author first to the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer then to the teachings of the Catholic Church.

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