This is the final part of Huysmans' alter ego Durtal's spiritual journey. From the satanism of La-Ba (1891) he makes his way to the foot of the cross by a retreat in a Trappist monastery in En Route (1895), and by living in Chartres in The Cathedral(1898) until finally he embraces Roman Catholicism in The Oblate (1903).
Durtal is a modern anti-hero: solitary, agonised and alienated. His spiritual Journey confronts the problems of our age. Art, architecture and music light Durtal's path to God. Although a novel about spiritual redemption The Oblate is rich in the atmosphere of fin-de-si
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OBLATE
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Product Weight: 2.80 lbs
Author: Huysmans, J. -K
Translator: King, Brendan
Publication Date: 2023-03-01
Language: English
Series: Dedalus European Classics
Publisher: DEDALUS LTD
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9781912868957
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