Huysmans article about huysmans by the free dictionary. Huysmans work was known for his idiosyncratic use of the french language, extensive vocabulary, detailed and sensuous descriptions, and biting, satirical wit. A selection of huysmans work available for download in pdf format. Nov 12, 2015 more than a century after his death, joriskarl huysmans, best known for his novel a rebours, has found a modern soul mate in the form of another french novelist, michel houellebecq. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. At 20 he began a long career in the ministry of the interior, writing. Against the grain alternately translated as against nature is a slim novel 110 pages where french author joriskarl huysmans 18481907 employs a torrent of baroque descriptions and unending streams of rococo linguistic curlicues to write about a bored, jaded aristocrat by the name of des esseintes. Linking the picture of dorian gray and huysmans a rebours. Against the grain a rebours by joriskarl huysmans 1884 the bestknown example of findesiecle decadence, this novel has been banned and expurgated for years. A rebours is a novel by a french writer translated. The last scion of an aristocratic family, des esseintes loathes nineteenth century bourgeois society and tries to retreat into an ideal.
Stretti, pigiati nelle vecchie cornici che sbarravano con le gagliarde spalle. The project gutenberg ebook of a rebours, by joriskarl huysmans this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the united states and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Huysmans and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The project gutenberg ebook of a rebours, by joriskarl huysmans. Telecharger a rebours livre pdf author, publisher livres en ligne pdf a rebours. Dec 08, 2017 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Landow created the html design and formatted the text, adding french accents. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online. Joriskarl huysmans, original name charlesmariegeorges huysmans, born feb. Notizia dellautore alla prima edizione 1884 a giudicare dai pochi ritratti di famiglia conservati nel castello di lourps, i floressas des esseintes discendevano nei tempi da atletici soldatacci, da arcigni masticamustacchi. This upperclass antihero is an aesthete who loath his contemporaries and lives retreated in his once splendid and rich home, where he collects objects of art. What houellebecq learned from huysmans the new yorker. The protagonist, and actually the only character worth mentioning, is duc jean des esseintes, a thirtyyear old child of. Huysmans spiritual autobiography camille paglia is vastly disturbing and hilariously funny.
All the novel is concentrate in one eccentric character and its inner life. Oct 23, 2012 in a rebours, this moment can be temporal, in the space of time in which the poem is read, or spacial, if looking at the poem on a page and noting the phrases, or moments, that shine amongst the rest. Rebours, the novel by joriskarl huysmans from 1884, as a critique of public urban life on the one hand, and as an experiment in private life on the other hand. Huysmans was the only son of a french mother and a dutch father. At 20 he began a long career in the ministry of the. The project gutenberg ebook of a rebours, by joriskarl.
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