The Damned (Paperback)

Huysmans's lurid and shocking account of diabolism and the occult was described as "even more disquieting" to the normal mind than Huysmans's first novel, A Rebours, and quickly acquired cult status. The novel follows Durtal, a retiring and censorious biographer, as he investigates the life and crimes of Gilles de Rais, a fifteenth-century nobleman, sadist and Satanist who was the supposed original for 'Bluebeard'. Durtal's pursuit of de Rais also leads him into the dangerous world of black and white magic in his contemporary Paris.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2001
First published:	2002
Authors:	Joris-Karl Huysmans
Introduction by:	Terry Hale
Translators:	Terry Hale
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	278
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-044767-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-14-044767-9
Barcode:	9780140447675

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