{"product_id":"against-nature-paperback-5","title":"Against Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoris Karl Huysmans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTheo Cuffe\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLucy Sante\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoris-Karl Huysmans's cult classic of deviance and decadence that inspired Oscar Wilde's \u003ci\u003ePicture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, now in a new translation by Theo Cuffe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA celebration of deviance, vanity, sensual abandon, and the aesthetics of artifice, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e brings us the nineteenth-century rebel Jean Des Esseintes--disaffected, degenerate, and art obsessed. The last of a proud and noble family, Des Esseintes retreats from the world in disgust at bourgeois society and leads a life based on cultivation of the senses through art. He distills perfumes from the rarest oils and essences, creates a garden of poisonous flowers, sets gemstones in a tortoise's gold-painted shell, and plans to corrupt a street urchin until he is degraded enough to commit murder. Des Esseintes's groundbreaking aesthetic pilgrimage in \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e has served as the guidebook to decadence for more than a century, inspiring writers from Oscar Wilde to Michel Houellebecq. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pioneer whose early work took inspiration from Baudelaire and Zola, Joris-Karl Huysmans was a founder of the nineteenth-century decadent movement. \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e has influenced countless writers and artists and enjoys a cult following to this day. This new translation by Theo Cuffe, with a foreword by Lucy Sante, captures the magnificence of Huysmans's famous style--filled with wit and irony, expressiveness and precision, erudition and sensuality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoris-Karl Huysmans\u003c\/b\u003e (1848-1907) was a French novelist and art critic who was one of the founders of the decadent movement in France. His most famous work, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eA rebours\u003c\/i\u003e), was a seminal novel of this movement. He also wrote novels in the naturalist tradition of Émile Zola--including \u003ci\u003eMarthe, Histoire d'une fille\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLes soeurs Vatard\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eEn menage\u003c\/i\u003e--and poetry inspired by Baudelaire's work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheo Cuffe \u003c\/b\u003eis known for his translations of classic French literature, including Voltaire's \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMicromégas and Other Short Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Sante\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, critic, translator, and artist. She is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books include \u003ci\u003eLow Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Other Paris. \u003c\/i\u003eOriginally from Belgium, she now lives in New York and teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.2 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252122927353,"sku":"9781250787668","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cXFHdXB0UUlRa3RRT2ZIc3YvOXArZz09.webp?v=1768680777","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/against-nature-paperback-5","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}