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...

SKU	897519
Autor	HUYSMANS, JORIS-KARL
Editora	PENGUIN CLASSICS
ISBN	9780140447637
EAN	9780140447637
Categoria	Ficção
Assunto	Literatura Estrangeira
Páginas	288
Número da Edição
Ano da Edição	2003
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