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Title: The Cathedral by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Clara Bell ISBN: 1-873982-62-3 Publisher: SCB Distributors Pub. Date: November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Not JK Husmans' best, but still essential
Comment: An amazingly detailed and analytical description of a very beutiful place, Notre Dame de Chartres. Understand that the Cathedral Huysmans describes is true gothic architecture at its most extraordinary, and Huysmans really puts his heart into this work. The pages display Huysmans' knowledge of Catholic art, saints (especially martyrs), iconography, and, especially, Notre Dame de Chartres. Huysmans weaves into this the tale of Durtal, the decadent former Satanist now Catholic zealot, as he visits some pious friends in Chartres. Joris Karl's love for this magnificant building, combined with his dedication to realism, yields a compelling account of the cathedral. However, unlike La Bas, En Rade, and En Route, the plot line is somewhat thin, with Durtal coming in second to a building, albeit a beautiful one. Still it is a must read for any serious Huysmans fan, Gothic architecture aficiandos, or anybody who is visiting Chartres and really wnats to know what they're looking at. For contrast, read Au Rebouirs, an equally exacting description of Huysmans' decadent, misanthropic lifestyle and thought written 15 years earlier. Curiously, Huysmans' disdain for humanity at large shines thorugh, even in the Cathedral.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Cathedral
Comment: This is the second to last book in the Durtal series, and describes that character's further aesthetic adventures. It is at once an awesome essay on the architecture of the cathedral and a loose story of Durtal's spiritual delimma. Few writer's have such knowledge in their work, and even fewer have been as inovative in their writing. To those who liked La Bas, The Cathedral is a must.
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Title: With the Flow: And M. Bougran's Retirement by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Andrew Brown, Simon Callow ISBN: 1843910500 Publisher: Hesperus Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Damned: La-Bas (Penguin Classics) by Terry Hale, Joris-Karl Huysman, J. -K Huysmans ISBN: 0140447679 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Robert Baldick ISBN: 0140440860 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: May, 1959 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Maldoror and the Complete Works by Lautreamont, Alexis Lykiard, Comte De Lautreamont, Lautreamont Chants De Maldoror, Lautreamont Poesies, Conte de Lautreamont, Comte De Lautreamont ISBN: 187897212X Publisher: Exact Change Pub. Date: July, 1994 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Torture Garden by Octave Mirbeau, Alvah C. Bessie ISBN: 0965104265 Publisher: Juno Books Pub. Date: 31 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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