{"product_id":"against-nature-9781612039114","title":"Against Nature","description":"Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans is a novel and narrative almost entirely on its principal character, and is mostly a catalogue of the tastes and inner life of Jean Des Esseintes. Des Esseintes, is a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa. Here, accompanied only by a couple of silent servants, he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems, and complex perfumes and embarks on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments. Charles-Marie-Georges was a French novelist who published his works as Joris-Karl. He is most famous for the novel ? rebours (Against the Grain or Against Nature). His style is remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, wide-ranging vocabulary, wealth of detailed and sensuous description, and biting, satirical wit.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Spastic Cat Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856023752978,"sku":"9781612039114","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_364274d1-d19f-4b8b-9ff4-988dd1ffe922.jpg?v=1748609280","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/against-nature-9781612039114","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}