| Against the Grain Contributor(s): Huysmans, Joris Karl (Author), Howard, John (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1406505714 ISBN-13: 9781406505719 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $14.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: A Rebours (Against the Grain) (1884), was a break from Naturalism for the French writer, and became the ultimate example of 'decadent' literature. It features a single character, the aesthete Des Esseintes, an eccentric, reclusive antihero. It gained further notoriety as an exhibit during the trials of Oscar Wilde in 1895, during which the prosecutor referred to the novel as a "sodomitical" book. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.59 lbs) 176 pages |