Joris Huysmans

Steeped in sardonic pessimism, this ode to sterility was one of the author’s own favorite novels of his careerJoris-Karl Huysmans’ semi-autobiographical third novel, first published in French in 1881, signaled the beginning of his break from the naturalism of Émile Zola and his turn toward a "new naturalism" that laid out the negative consequences of determinism. Domesticity tells the tale of the novelist André Jayant and the artist Cyprien Tibaille, two men struggling between the urges of the body and the urges of the soul, and with the failure of matrimony or artistic endeavor to fulfill the needs of either. More than a psychological character study, though, Domesticity stands as one of the most memorable portraits of late 19th-century Paris and its sad, futile affairs of the heart.Earning a wage through a career in the French civil service, Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907) quietly explored the extremes of human nature and artifice through a series of books that influenced a number of literary movements: from the grimy naturalism of Marthe to the cornerstone of the decadent movement, Against Nature and the Satanist classic Down There, to the dream-ridden Surrealist favorite Becalmed.

Román Naruby, považovaný za „bibli dekadence“, odráží atmosféru francouzského fin de siecle. Jeho hlavním hrdinou je poslední potomek starobylého rodu des Esseintes, který – znuděn zhýralým a rozkošnickým životem a zhnusen celou společností – opouští Paříž a uchyluje se do samoty. Líčení jeho životního stylu, který dovádí až do absurdních důsledků, představuje jakýsi katalog dekadentního estétství: des Esseintes se věnuje četbě vzácných knih, degustaci vybraných jídel, výrobě parfémů či pěstování bizarních květin. Neustálé umělé jitření smyslů však zhoršuje jeho nervovou chorobu a zvyšuje pocit přesycenosti. Huysmansovo dílo zásadně ovlivnilo tvorbu autorů konce 19. a 20. století a svým analytickým zaujetím pro nitro hrdiny i omezením děje na nejzazší míru předjímá vývoj techniky moderní literatury. Text románu nově doplňujeme autorovou předmluvou, již napsal po dvaceti letech od prvního vydání a v níž zasazuje Naruby do kontextu svého dalšího díla a vysvětluje okolnosti, které vedly k jeho vzniku.

Audiobook Against Nature written by Joris-Karl Huysmans. Published in 1884, Against Nature (A rebours) concerns the attempts of its cultured and neurotic anti-hero, Des Esseintes, to escape contemporary Parisian life. At his rural retreat he is able to indulge his particular artistic tastes as he muses on a range of topics including literature, religion and painting.

The Damned (La-bas) was written in the year 1891 by Joris-Karl Huysmans. This book is one of the most popular novels of Joris-Karl Huysmans, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Because of his extreme sensitivity to the absurd and grotesque in human affairs, the protagonist of this masterpiece of decadence has estranged himself from society and savors the most bizarre aspects of human existence in his quest for novelty. This landmark novel is filled with weird images and biting wit.

The Cathedral was written in the year 1898 by Joris-Karl Huysmans. This book is one of the most popular novels of Joris-Karl Huysmans, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Marthe est une rousse flamboyante, elle a la bouche groseille et une " prestance de déesse des orni?res ". Fille de joie ? ses heures, elle fait la vedette ? Bobino. Marthe croit alors accéder au bonheur en s'amourachant de Léo...