Joris-Karl Huysmans

Against The Grain, or Against Nature

Read by Martin Geeson

Joris-Karl Huysmans

“THE BOOK THAT DORIAN GRAY LOVED AND THAT INSPIRED OSCAR WILDE”. Such is the enticing epigraph of one early translation of Huysmans’ cult no…

Là-bas

Read by Peter Tucker

Joris-Karl Huysmans

The plot of Là-Bas concerns the novelist Durtal, who is disgusted by the emptiness and vulgarity of the modern world. He seeks relief…

En Route

Read by Peter Tucker

Joris-Karl Huysmans

The second book by Huysmans concerning the religious development of the novelist Durtal, who in the first book ("La-bas") experien…

The Cathedral

Read by Peter Tucker

Joris-Karl Huysmans

It is the third of Huysmans' books to feature the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of the author. He had already featured the c…