The Damned (La-Bas) (Penguin Classics)
by Huysmans, Joris-Karl
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- ISBN 13
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Synopsis
J.-K. Huysmans 's gaudy, shocking, and largely autobiographical novel, The Damned (Là-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-siècle Paris.
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- BookCorner COM LLC (US)
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- Title
- The Damned (La-Bas) (Penguin Classics)
- Author
- Huysmans, Joris-Karl
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140447679
- ISBN 13
- 9780140447675
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- January 29, 2002