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by Huysmans Joris-Karl

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Having rejected the vulgarity of the French upper class and all the human society a single character of the book founds his retreat in a quiet countryside mansion and dedicates himself to meditation and interior decoration. Joris-Karl Huysmans, the author, was an outstanding member of the Decadent movement and proponent of Naturalism. “Against the Grain, also known as “Against Nature”, is in some way a dispute of human ingenuity and nature and a reproduction of the stirred and confusing period in history. It became inspirer of what later became known in England as the Tragic Generation.Moreover, the novel is a peculiar exhibition, presenting descriptions of the Duke’s collection, including four entire chapters devoted to his library... Read more

ISBN: 1414230699

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...charger resting onthe slabs; the mouth was discolored and open, the neck crimson, andtears fell from the eyes. The face was encircled by an aureole workedin mosaic, which shot rays of light under the porticos and illuminatedthe horrible ascension of the head, brightening the glassy orbs of thecontracted eyes which were fixed with a ghastly stare upon the dancer. With a gesture of terror, Salome thrusts from her the horrible visionwhich transfixes her, motionless, to the ground. Her eyes dilate, herhands clasp her neck in a convulsive clutch. She is almost nude. In the ardor of the dance, her veils had becomeloosened. She is garbed only in gold-wrought stuffs and limpid stones;a neck-piece clasps her as a corselet does the body and, like a superbbuckle, a marvelous jewel sparkles on the hollow between her breasts. A girdle encircles her hips, concealing the upper part of her thighs, against which beats a gigantic pendant streaming with carbuncles andemeralds. All the facets of the...