Through its brilliant, unrelenting detail, Huysmans’ early
masterpiece captures the minutiae of misery and boredom in a day in
the life of a man who—for the moment—refuses to go with the flow. It
is published here with the short story The Retreat of Monsieur
Bougran. With a Foreword by Simon Callow. M. Folantin is a government
employee who is overwhelmed by the quotidian misery of life. The
story follows his quixotic quest for enjoyment as he goes to a
restaurant, to the cinema, and to a prostitute—but ultimately finds
that nothing can relieve him of his disgust and boredom with the
business of living. Joris–Karl Huysmans (1848–1907), art critic and
author of Against Nature, is a leading figure in France’s Decadent
Movement.
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