With the Flow

This 1882 novella, a key work in Huysmans’ literary development – prefiguring in its protagonist the figure of Jean des Esseintes, the hero of À rebours, written two years later – is accompanied here by another masterly study of human despair, ‘M. Bougran’s Retirement’.

Prin detaliile sale stralucitoare, neincetate, capodopera timpurie a lui Huysmans surprinde detaliile mizeriei si plictiselii intr-o zi din viata unui om care - pentru moment - refuza sa mearga cu fluxul. Este publicat aici cu nuvela Retragerea domnului Bougran.