The damned = Là-bas / J.-K. Huysmans ; translated & with an introduction & notes by Terry Hale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907.

Contributor:

Hale, T. J.

Series:

Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Là-bas. English

Language:

English

French

Genre:

Occult fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 278 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2001.

Summary:

J.-K. Huysmans's gaudy, shocking, and largely autobiographical novel, "The Damned (L&agrave-Bas)" was quickly condemned and just as quickly achieved cult status. It follows Durtal, a shy, censorious man, who is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the fifteenth-century nobleman, child-murderer, and supposed model for "Bluebeard." Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. But when he meets the exquisitely evil Madame Chantelouve, he is drawn inextricably into the twilight world of black magic and erotic devilry in fin-de-si&egravecle Paris.

Notes:

Originally published, 1891.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0140447679

OCLC:

47270174