With the Flow: And M. Bougran's Retirement - Brossura

Huysmans, Joris-Karl

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ISBN 10: 1843910500 ISBN 13: 9781843910503

Casa editrice: Hesperus Pr, 2003

Riassunto

Through its brilliant, unrelenting detail, Huysmans’ early masterpiece captures the minutiae of misery and boredom in a day in the life of a man who—for the moment—refuses to go with the flow. It is published here with the short story The Retreat of Monsieur Bougran. M. Folantin is a government employee who is overwhelmed by the quotidian misery of life. The story follows his quixotic quest for enjoyment as he goes to a restaurant, to the cinema, and to a prostitute—but ultimately finds that nothing can relieve him of his disgust and boredom with the business of living. Joris–Karl Huysmans, art critic and author of Against Nature, is a leading figure in France’s Decadent Movement.

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Recensione:

'the two stories... show a writer in the act of transition, looking for an escape route from the dead end of bourgeois materialism...' --Times Literary Supplement

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Author and art critic Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) is a leading figure in France's Decadent Movement. Simon Callow, star of 'Four Weddings and A Funeral', 'Shakespeare in Love' and 'Amadeus' is one of the UK's most distinguished theatre and film actors.

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• Editore: Hesperus Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1843910500
• ISBN 13: 9781843910503
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 112