This powerful, autobiographical novel by a Nobel Prize-winning author made literary history when it was first published in 1890. A modern classic about a penniless, unemployed young writer, the book paints an unforgettable portrait of a man driven to the edge of self-destruction by forces beyond his control. Unabridged republication of the 1921 George Egerton translation.
Against the Grain (À Rebours) by Joris K. Huysmans Because of his extreme sensitivity to the absurd, 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.
