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Modern Art (Paperback)
J-.K. Huysmans; Translated by Brendan King
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R346
R310
Discovery Miles 3 100
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La-Bas (Paperback)
J-.K. Huysmans; Translated by Brendan King
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R290
Discovery Miles 2 900
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Marthe (Paperback)
J-.K. Huysmans; Translated by Brendan King
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R196
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One of the first French novels to tackle the subject of
prostitution, this story centres on would-be actress Marthe who
lives in one of the lowest dives in Paris and her ultimately doomed
relationship with Leo, a romantic searching for something to take
place of lost illusions."
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Against Nature (Paperback)
J-.K. Huysmans; Translated by Brendan King
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R291
R262
Discovery Miles 2 620
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Against Nature is Huysmans's great fin-de-sicle novel anticipating
many strains of modernism in its appreciation of Baudelaire,
Moreau, Redon, Mallarm and Poe. A novel like no other, it features
a hero, des Esseintes, a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his
back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated
country villa. Here, accompanied only by two silent servants, he
pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems, and complex
perfumes, embarking on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic
experiments, starting with the decision to give his giant pet
tortoise a jewel-encrusted shell.
First published in 1880, same year as Edgar Degas' "The Dancing
Lesson and Edouard Manet's solo show, these "Parisian Sketches
share the Impressionist fascination with the contemporary life of
Paris, the exuberant Paris of the Opera Garnier and the
Folies-Bergers. Like the striking images of the early
Impressionists, "Parisian Sketches is an assault on the visual
senses. Composed of a series of intense, meticulously observed
literary impressions--of cafe concerts and circus performers, of
streetwalkers and hot-chestnut sellers, of forgotten quarters in
the grimy, shiny 'City of Light'--"Parisian Sketches recreates
Paris with an intimacy and immediacy that confirms Huysmans as one
of the masters of 19th century French prose.
J.-K. Huysmans' Stranded (En Rade 1887), published just three years
after the iconoclastic Against Nature, sees him again breaking new
ground and pushing back the boundaries of the novel form. Stamped
throughout with his characteristic black humour, Stranded is one of
Huysmans' most innovative, most imaginative works. Jacques' waking
reveries and daydreams are balanced by a succession of dreams and
nightmares that explore the seemingly irrational, often grotesque,
world of unconscious desire, producing a series of images that are
as unforgettable and unsettling as anything to be found in the
decadent fantasies of Against Nature, or the satanic obsessions of
L -bas.Hounded by creditors and gripped by a deep existential
gloom, Jacques Marles decides to flee Paris for the countryside,
hoping to find shelter from the financial storms raging around his
head, hoping to find peace. But Jacques soon discovers he cannot
escape the problems of modern city life by hiding in the country.
Stuck with his sick wife, Louise, in an abandoned ch teau that
seems to be rotting to pieces around them, Jacques waits for money
to arrive with nothing to do but give himself up to his
increasingly disturbing dreams
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Knapsacks (Paperback)
J-.K. Huysmans, Joris-Karl Huysmans
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R242
Discovery Miles 2 420
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One who seeks to discover the brutal reality of fin-de-siecle
French bourgeoisie society, will find it here, in Huysmans's
melancholy tale. Class struggles form the background of this
harrowing tale; Huysmans uses steadily devolving arguments over
family fortune to comment on interclass inequality in 19th century
France. The greed of bourgeoisie men prevail: their dilemma vastly
disparate to those of lesser fortune. A truly mordant tale, A
Dilemma reflects the deeply depressing reality of class prejudice.
This translation is brought to you by Aaron J. Clarke, whose
tireless work allows this story to be read here, in contemporary
Australia. Clarke sees the value of this profoundly moving tale and
its ironic prevalence today.
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