Home   Travel Guides on France   Maps on France   Learn French   Books on Paris   Translators   Rosetta Stone  Search All ProductsTravel Guides on FranceMaps on FranceLearn FrenchBooks on ParisDVDsMusic PlayersLonely Planet Country GuidesCameras on Amazon UKMusicFrench NovelsFrench HistoryFrench ClassicsPenguin BooksSimone de BeauvoirFilmsAnnie ErnauxSartreGustave FlaubertMadame De La FayetteBestselling BooksAngela AriesDictionaryTranslatorsFrench VocabularyFrench CookingToysRosetta StoneKitchenSoftware  Advanced Search  Location:  Home » French Classics » French » Against Nature (Penguin Classics)    Zeugma Travel Shop Travel Books • Travel Guides on France • Maps on France • Learn French • Books on Paris • DVDs • Music Players • Lonely Planet Country Guides • Cameras on Amazon UK • Music • French Novels • French History • French Classics • Penguin Books • Simone de Beauvoir • Films • Annie Ernaux • Sartre • Gustave Flaubert • Madame De La Fayette • Bestselling Books • Angela Aries • Dictionary • Translators • French Vocabulary • French Cooking • Toys • Rosetta Stone • Kitchen • Software Other Countries Zeugma Travel (home) Related Categories •  French World •  General Fiction Against Nature (Penguin Classics)  enlarge  Author: J-.k. Huysmans Creators: Patrick Mcguinness, Robert Baldick Publisher: Penguin Classics Category: Book List Price: £8.99 Buy New: £3.63 You Save: £5.36 (60%) New (31) from £3.63 Avg. Customer Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 18239 Media: Paperback Edition: Revised edition Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 288 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5 x 0.8 ISBN: 0140447636 Dewey Decimal Number: 843.8 EAN: 9780140447637 ASIN: 0140447636 Publication Date: May 1, 2003 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Condition: Brand New. Shipped from UK Mainland. Delivery is usually 2 - 3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. Also Available In:   •  Paperback - Against Nature (Penguin Classics)   •  Unknown Binding - Against nature   •  Paperback - Against Nature (Green Integer Books, 50)   •  Paperback - Against Nature (Oxford World's Classics) Similar Items:   •  The Damned (Penguin Classics)   •  Venus in Furs (Penguin Classics)   •  The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Popular Classics)   •  The Flowers of Evil (Oxford World's Classics)   •  Fleurs Du Mal (Dual-Language Books) Customer Reviews: Fantastic Book   August 25, 2008  1 out of 1 found this review helpful This is a very interesting novel; not only in terms of its content, but in terms of its function as a touchstone of decadent 1890s English literature. Indeed, it's rumored to be the novel which corrupts Dorian Gray in the Wilde novel of 1891. A novel with only one main character sounds a bit strange. And it is. But rather than the focus being on linear plot, action or conventional emotions, the reader of this book - whilst carrying out their own solitary activity of reading - seems to form a symbiotic relationship with the book's protagonist, Des Esseintes. Reading about the things that this French loner does purely out of boredom is fascinating; indeed, the very act of reading about his mad experiments and activities gives the reader as great a hedonistic pleasure as it gives Des Esseintes himself by doing these things. Whilst most people today associate money with being able to have a nice house, eat well, drive nice cars etc, this fictional account of a bored, rich man sees a much more fascinating way to toy with boredom and money. The translation is great, capturing Huysmans' tone and sentiment perfectly. Reading this book will change your life. Sponsored Links   Powered by Associate-O-Matic