The Damned
Author: Joris-Karl Huysmans
Joris-Karl Huysmans’ shocking novel of an innocent’s descent into a world of depraved, blasphemous rituals, The Damned (Là-Bas) caused a scandal when it was first published in nineteenth-century France. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction and notes by Terry Hale.,,Durtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstr….Read More
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