Against Nature - Joris-Karl Huysmans Annemarie Raas Taken from the poverty of

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth

Bowie’s boekenkast is oprecht

creëert Jean-Baptiste Andrea een verhaal met vreemde

and everything occurs but once

Haar aanbod om Jason te helpen zet een reis in gang die al haar kracht

Against Nature - Joris-Karl Huysmans Annemarie Raas Taken from the poverty ofA wildly original fin de sicle novel, Against Nature contains only one character. Des Esseintes is a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise), rich perfumes and a kaleidoscope of