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À rebours
by Joris-Karl Huysmans (1884)
★3.50(24 ratings)
"A rebours" is a novel by a French writer (translated: "Against the forward direction"). All the novel is concentrate in one eccentric character and it's inner life: Jean des Esseintes. This upper-class antihero is an aesthete who loath his contemporaries and lives retreated in his once splendid and rich home, where he collects objects of art, reads and comments his readings.
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by Jean Genet (1943)
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Echoing 'À rebours', this novel explores themes of artifice, sensuality, and societal alienation through a unique literary voice.
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The Torture Garden
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