The Oblate

Author: J.-K. Huysmans

Translator: Brendan King   Cover design: Marie Lane  

Reviews

'One of Huysmans' objects in writing L'Oblat was to present a vivid but accurate account of the life of a French religious community at the beginning of the century. He wished, in fact, to emulate the Flemish sculptors who, in the figurines in Dijon Museum which are described in the book, had represented "the monastic humanity of their time, merry or melancholy, phlegmatic or fervent".'

Robert Baldick in The Life of J.-K. Huysmans