La-Bas (Decadence from Dedalus)
- Author: J. K. Huysmans - Joris Karl Huysmans
- ISBN 10: 1873982747
- ISBN 13: 9781873982747
- Release: 2001-11-01
- Format: Paperback (320 pages)
- List Price: $11.99
- Tags: Literature & Fiction, General,
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First published in 1891, this is the first new translation in 77 years. The enervated anti-hero, Durtal, is writing a book about Gilles de Rais, child-murderer and comrade in arms of Joan of Arc. When he's not studying alchemy, visiting Rais' ruined castle and fantasizing about a mystery woman, he is pondering Catholicism with his friends. His sexual adventures and historical studies mesh when he's invited to witness a black mass The follow-up to A Rebours, La Bas takes Huysmans' quest for the exotic and extreme sensations a stage further.
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