Against the Grain

8 hrs. 5 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Joris-Karl Huysmans

Narrator Igor Bogdanov

Description

"The book serves as a manifesto of European decadence at the end of the 19th century and tells the story of the Duke of des Esseintes, who despises ordinary society and instead strives to create an artificial paradise full of exquisite pleasures and beauty. Huysmans immerses the reader in the hero’s intellectual world—his reflections on beauty and art—creating an image of an ideal aesthetic world where only art and imagination are eternal."

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