Author of Audiobooks - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
LΓ -bas - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
LΓ -bas - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Author: Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
The plot of LΓ -Bas concerns the novelist Durtal, who is disgusted by the emptiness and vulgarity of the modern world. He seeks relief by turning to the study of the Middle Ages and begins to research the life of the notorious 15th-century...
Against The Grain, or Against Nature - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
Against The Grain, or Against Nature - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Author: Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Genre: General Fiction
βTHE BOOK THAT DORIAN GRAY LOVED AND THAT INSPIRED OSCAR WILDEβ. Such is the enticing epigraph of one early translation of Huysmansβ cult novel of 1884, which is also routinely called the Bible of Decadence. Accurate descriptions, both, of this...
En Route - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
En Route - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Author: Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Genre: Christian Fiction
The second book by Huysmans concerning the religious development of the novelist Durtal, who in the first book ("La-bas") experienced depravity and Satanism. In this book he struggles desperately to find a foothold in the Catholic faith. He is aided...
The Cathedral - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
The Cathedral - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Author: Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Genre: Christian Fiction
It is the third of Huysmans' books to feature the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of the author. He had already featured the character of Durtal in LΓ -bas and En route, which recounted his conversion to Catholicism.La CathΓ©drale...