ISBN Against Nature book 272 pages

It will be the biggest fiasco of the year - but I don't care a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before and I shall have said what I had to say.' As Joris -Karl Huysmans announced in 1884 Against Nature 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 offers Huysmans's readers a treasure trove of cultural delights which anticipates many of the strains of modernism in its appreciation of Baudelaire Moreau Redon Mallarmé and Poe. This new translation is supplemented by indispensable notes which enhance the understanding of a highly allusive work. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more.