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THE DAMNED (Là-bas) follows Durtal, a sensitive, spiritually-attuned man who is writing a biography of the fifteenth-century child-murderer Gilles de Rais (the supposed model for "Bluebeard"). Durtal scorns the bored embrace of commonplace reality so characteristic of his age, and, rejecting this banality, he searches for spiritual intensity by immersing himself in another age. The grotesque Madame Chantelouve leads him into the underground world of Satanism in fin-de-siècle Paris, and it is there, in utter darkness, that he begins to see the light. Wiseblood Books fosters works of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and philosophy that find redemption in uncanny places and people; wrestle us from the tyranny of boredom; mock the pretensions of respectability; engage the hidden mysteries of the human heart, be they sources of either violence or courage; articulate faith and doubt in their incarnate complexity; dare an unflinching gaze at human beings as "political animals"; and suffer through this world's trials without forfeiting hope. Visit us at www.wisebloodbooks.com We are wide-eyed for new epiphanies of beauty.
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About the Author:
J.K.Huysmans began writing as a naturalist in the style of Zola. .He changed from being an obscure author and art critic to one of the most famous authors of his day with the publication of A Rebours (Against Nature) in 1884. His novel about Satanism, La-Bas (1891)is the cult novel of the nineteenth century.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1500441848
- ISBN 13 9781500441845
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages296
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