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Overview"""This collection of atmospheric journalism reveals the great decadent moving from a broadly naturalistic, almost Dickensian style-as in a 1879 account of the Folies Bergere - to the heightened subjectivity of 'Nightmare"", inspired by Odilon Redon: 'blurred infusoria, vague flagellates, Bizarre protoplasms'. An enthusiast flaneur Huysmans created evocative prose-pictures of Parisian life - a visit to the barber, a gloomy railway cafe, a chestnut-seller - that merit comparison with the pictures of Caillebotte, Degas and Atget"". Christopher Hirst in the Independent." Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. K. Huysmans , Brendan KingPublisher: Dedalus Ltd Imprint: Dedalus Ltd Edition: 3rd Revised edition ISBN: 9781903517246ISBN 10: 1903517249 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 18 December 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe superb new translation by Brendon King vividly recalls the allusive, proto-expressionist vigour of the original; images snarl and spring at the reader. Author InformationJ.-K. Huysmans (1847-1907) changed from being an obscure author and art critic to one of the most famous authors of his day with the publication of A Rebours (Against Nature) in 1884. A Rebours is a ground-breaking novel which captures the decadent spirit of the day and marks his final break with Zola and naturalism. Dedalus have published 11 books by J.-K. Huysmans, 9 in new translations by Brendan King; Marthe, Parisian Sketches, The Vatard Sisters, Stranded (En Rade), Drifting, Against Nature, Las Bas, Modern Art and The Cathedral. In addition to En Route and The Oblate of St Benedict. Robert Baldick's brilliant book The Life of J.-K. Huysmans was published by Dedalus in the autumn of 2005, updated and edited by Brendan King. Brendan King is a freelance writer, reviewer and translator with a special interest in late nineteenth-century French fiction. His Ph.D. was on the life and work of J.-K.Huysmans. He has translated La-Bas, Parisian Sketches, Marthe, Against Nature, Stranded, The Cathedral, The Vatard Sisters, Drifting and Modern Art by J.-K. Huysmans for Dedalus. He has also edited The Life of J.-K.Huysmans by Robert Baldick for Dedalus. He lives in Paris. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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