Novelist Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) is best known for 'Au Rebours' (Against Nature) (1884), widely regarded as a seminal work in the French Decadent tradition. 'La-bas' (The Damned) was published seven years later in 1891. I read the 2001 translation for Penguin Classics by Terry Hale. Huysmans was employed as an administrative civil servant in the … Continue reading The Damned – J.-K. Huysmans →