En route

ALASTOR PRESS 

In En route we re-establish our acquaintance with the decadent writer J.-K. Huysmans (1848-1907) alter ego Durtal, the tormented recluse from Là-Bas, who breaks away from Paris and, with all his self-hatred, boredom and disgust for an idiotic contemporary world, heads to a Trappist monastery to scrub his soul clean. In dazzlingly colorful and sumptuous tableaux, the music, art and architecture that draw him to faith, and into the “dark night of the soul” are described…

Title: En route
Author: Joris-Karl Huysmans
Langugage: Swedish
Translator: Elias Wraak

Format: Trade paperback
Number of pages: 415 pages
Published: 2019

ISBN: 9789189633544

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Alastor Press is a Swedish independent publisher with a focus on literature that moves in the dark, esoteric and artistically distinctive. The publisher is known for its careful editions of both classic and contemporary works in areas such as decadence, symbolism, horror and philosophical fiction. With an eye for the obscure and cult, Alastor Press highlights writing that challenges, seduces and lingers.