# Against Nature

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- Book: [Against Nature](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-k-huysmans/against-nature) ([Against Nature.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-k-huysmans/against-nature.md))
- Authors: [J. K. Huysmans](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-k-huysmans)
- Publisher: Dedalus
- ISBN: 978-19-0351-765-9
- Pages: 252
- Published: 2025-09-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The hero of this curious novel is des Esseintes, 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, starting with the decision to give his giant pet tortoise a jewel-encrusted shell...