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Translator: Brendan King Cover design: Marie Lane
This is the final part in the spiritual journey of Durtal, J.-K. Huysmans' alter ego. From the satanism of La-Bas (1891), he makes his way to the foot of the cross and embraces Roman Catholicism, first retreating to a Trappist monastery in En Route (1895), then living in Chartres and studying Catholic symbolism in The Cathedral (1898), and finally joining a community of monks in The Oblate (1903). Here, Durtal’s spiritual quest collides with contemporary political reality when the monastery is closed down by an anti-clerical Republican government and the religious community at Val-des-Saints is forced to disperse.
RRP: £10.99
No. of pages: 367
Publication date: 09.12.2022
Re-print date: 09.12.2022
ISBN numbers:
Printed book
978 1 912868 95 7
Ebook
978 1 915568 06 9
Rights:
Dedalus World English rights in this translation