By
Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Penguin, 2003
[New] ed. / with an introduction and notes by Patrick McGuinness
Des Esseintes is a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa, where he...