Marthe The Story of a Whore (Dedalus European Classics) by JorisKarlHuysmans, Brendan King, First Last Paperback, 149 Pages, Published 2015 by Dedalus ISBN-13: 978-1-903517-47-5, ISBN: 1-903517-47-8
"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.""
"Des Esseintes proceeded to turn about and warm between his hands a ball of styrax, and a very curious odour filled the room, a smell at once repugnant and exquisite, blending the delicious scent of the jonquil with the filthy stench of ..."
Against Nature(Reprint) A New Translation of `A Rebours' (Penguin Classics) by Joris-KarlHuysmans, Robert Baldick Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1959 by Penguin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044086-7, ISBN: 0-14-044086-0
"As Joris-Karl Huysmans predicted in 1884, Against Nature (A rebours) was fated to be a novel like no other. Resisting the models of classic nineteenth-century fiction, it focuses on the attempts of its anti-hero, the hypersensitive neurotic and aesthete Des Esseintes, to escape Paris and the vulgarity of modern life. Holed up in his private museum of high taste, he indulges his pleasure in fine art and literature. A compendium of fin-de ..."
"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 im ..."
Against Nature by JorisKarlHuysmans 181 Pages, Published 2013 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-62558-869-2, ISBN: 1-62558-869-0
"... made by the eddy of fly boats lapping against the pontoon of baths; by listening
to the plaint of the wind under the arches, or to the hollow murmur of the
omnibuses passing above on the Port Royal, two steps away. The secret lies in
knowing ..."
"French novelist Charles Marie George Huysmans (1848-1907) adopted the pseudonym Joris-Karl, or J.-K. Huysmans, for his novels, short stories and art criticism. His thirty-year tenure at the French Ministry of the Interior allowed him the financial and personal freedom to write as he pleased. In the same vein as his mentor, mile Zola, Huysmans' writings were largely naturalistic. Huysmans' novels were somewhat controversial at the time o ..."
Against Nature (Paperback) by JorisKarlHuysmans Paperback, Published 2011 by Spastic Cat Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-61203-911-4, ISBN: 1-61203-911-1
"The more you die to yourself the better will He live in you. Prayer is the most
powerful ascetic means by which you can renounce yourself, empty yourself and
render yourself humble in this matter; pray therefore without ceasing at La Trappe
."
"The first true flowering of Satanism in erotic art came with the Belgian artist Felicien Rops (1833-1898). Rops, who had met Charles Baudelaire in Paris in 1864 and subsequently become a devoted disciple, thereafter commingled elements of death, prostitution and the Satanic in his work, particularly in his 5-picture series Les Sataniques of 1882. Pictures in this series such as The Sacrifice and Calvary are clear and explicit representa ..."
"Because of his extreme sensitivity to the absurd and grotesque in human affairs, the protagonist of this masterpiece of decadence has estranged himself from society and savors the most bizarre aspects of human existence in his quest for novelty. This landmark novel is filled with weird images and biting wit. Introduction by Havelock Ellis."
Against The Grain (a Rebours) by JorisKarlHuysmans Paperback, Published 2022 by Legare Street Press ISBN-13: 978-1-01-662001-7, ISBN: 1-01-662001-2
Against Nature by JorisKarlHuysmans Hardcover, 156 Pages, Published 2020 by Engage Books, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-77226-993-2, ISBN: 1-77226-993-X
"Against Nature (A rebours) centers on Jean des Esseintes, an eccentric, reclusive, ailing aesthete."
En route (Paperback) by JorisKarlHuysmans Paperback, Published 2019 by Independently Published, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-71229-765-0, ISBN: 1-71229-765-1