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Starting this (in French). What to expect?

>> No.18446847

good shit

>> No.18446853
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18446853

Fun as fuck book

>> No.18446865

un très bon livre qui va t'envoyer au dictionnaire

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>>18446865
I have my Ron Jeremy dictionary ready.

>> No.18446894

>>18446885
fucking kek it does look like him

>> No.18446910

The main character is the ultimate consoomer. But it’s a very entertaining book. Some parts have a little too much purple prose but all in all it’s very pleasant and luscious.

>> No.18446940

>>18446807
Think I'll finally get and read this (in English). Is the Baldick translation any good?

>> No.18446949

>>18446940
The one in OPs pic is the one I read and I thought it was good.

>> No.18447053

>>18446807
Lots of lists of patrician shit.

>> No.18447060

>>18446910
>The main character is the ultimate consoomer.
wrong wrong wrong

>> No.18447085

>>18446807

Imagine French Oblomov just more inbreeding

>> No.18447120

>>18447085
Just say you got filtered, faggot.

>> No.18447355

test

>> No.18447658

>>18446949
The Baldick it is then, cheers fella

>> No.18447946

>>18447060
How isn’t he ?

>> No.18447956

>>18446807
Spending a lot of time looking up words that even filtered the natives of his day.

>> No.18448368

>>18447946
Consumption would imply some sort of relationship to others, or at least some renewal of his objects. Des Esseintes surrounds himself with nice things in a sort of aristocratic reaction to the mediocrity of his epoch, which sees the beginning of what we understand today as consumption. In these things he searches beauty and the presence of these things themselves, not the sign these things give to him or other. His goal is to make a place out of any kind of non-aesthetic process.

>> No.18448495

>>18447956
This could be a good thing, no?

>> No.18448660

A boring book for autists who like staring at walls

>> No.18448850

>>18448368
The reasons as to why Des Esseintes buys eccentric furnishings or jewels for his tortoises shell is not in any way unlike the hipster who buys something vintage or “out of style” as a means of countering mainstream culture. Des Esseintes may have better taste, yes, but he nonetheless takes part in the same sort of rampant consumerism that serves to prop up ones ego.

>> No.18448888

>>18448850
>consumerism
Who cares? Oh no, he is buying things... wow, that's horrible. Yet here you are typing on a computer lmao

>> No.18448904

>>18446807
Easily one of my favorite books, looking up some of the art and books he references is a lot of fun. La Bas is also great if you enjoy A Rebours.

Since you're reading the original you won't need this, but for other anons here's a publisher that has a lot of Huysman's works translated http://www.dedalusbooks.com/our-books/?srch=huysmans

>> No.18448917

>>18448888
U mad bro? When did I say anything critical of consumerism outside of the concept of the book? Perhaps you’re taking what I said a little too personally. We are, after all, discussing a book, on a literature board…
Consumerism is a key aspect of the main characters psyche, as he is a contrarian. He yearns about a more genuine world, yet surrounds himself completely with artificiality. His preferences in art, literature, dress, etc. are completely dictated by the very people he claims to detest.

>> No.18449303

>>18448917
mad?