Joriskarl huysmans, french writer whose major novels epitomize successive phases of the aesthetic, spiritual, and intellectual life of late 19thcentury france. Somehow both decadent and protomodern, it straddles the 19th and 20th centuries with its deft combination of languid aestheticism and worldweary alienation, bound up in a dyspeptic, rapturous, cynical, obsessive and intensely selfrevealing package. 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. This web version of john howards translation of joriskarl huysmanss a rebours, whose title is rendered both against the grain and against nature, uses the project gutenberg ascii text produced by harrison ainsworth release date. Huysmans was the only son of a french mother and a dutch father. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Against the grain a rebours by joriskarl huysmans 1884 the bestknown example of findesiecle decadence, this novel has been banned and expurgated for years. At 20 he began a long career in the ministry of the interior, writing. 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. Telecharger a rebours livre pdf author, publisher livres en ligne pdf a rebours. The protagonist, and actually the only character worth mentioning, is duc jean des esseintes, a thirtyyear old child of. Dec 08, 2017 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. What houellebecq learned from huysmans the new yorker.
Joriskarl huysmans, original name charlesmariegeorges huysmans, born feb. Joriskarl huysmans est ne a paris en 1848, dune mere parisienne et dun pere flamand. The project gutenberg ebook of a rebours, by joriskarl huysmans. We suggest that readers not undertake this book until they have attained the age of 65. Jean des esseintes, an eccentric, reclusive, ailing aesthete. Linking the picture of dorian gray and huysmans a rebours. 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. The project gutenberg ebook of a rebours, by joriskarl. 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 rebours is a novel by a french writer translated. 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. 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. All the novel is concentrate in one eccentric character and its inner life. At 20 he began a long career in the ministry of the. Avec a rebours, initialement publie en 1884, le romancier francais joriskarl huysmans 1848.
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