{"product_id":"against-nature-riverrun-editions-by-joris-karl-huysmans-9781787475502","title":"Against Nature (riverrun editions)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cult novel of \u003ci\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/i\u003e decadence that inspired Oscar Wilde.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It will be the biggest fiasco of the year - but I don't give a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe title page of the first complete English translation of \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (published in French as \u003ci\u003eA Rebours\u003c\/i\u003e) included the caption 'the book that Dorian Gray loved and inspired Oscar Wilde.' It was declared by Wilde as one of the best novels he had ever read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of Jean des Esseintes, the last of a proud and noble family, who retreats from the world in disgust at bourgeois society. He leads a life based on the cultivation of the senses through art. Des Esseintes distills perfumes from the rarest oils and essences, creates a garden of poisonous flowers, sets gemstones in a tortoise's gold-painted shell, and plans to corrupt a street urchin until he is degraded enough to commit murder. Des Esseintes' aesthetic pilgrimage is described in minutely documented realistic detail and was widely regarded as the guidebook of decadence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis influential novel is now available in a new translation by Theo Cuffe and includes a preface by Luc Sante.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46710390784236,"sku":"9781787475502","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11284063482824.jpg?v=1754137903","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/against-nature-riverrun-editions-by-joris-karl-huysmans-9781787475502","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}