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When joriskarl huysmans against nature was published in 1884, it was considered a novel without a plot. A rebours translated against nature or against the grain 1884 is a novel by the french writer joris. Resisting the models of classic nineteenthcentury fiction, it focuses on the attempts of its antihero, the hypersensitive neurotic and aesthete, des esseintes, to escape paris and the vulgarity of modern life. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 242 pages and is available in paperback format. A rebours translated into english as against nature or against the.
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