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ALASTOR PRESS 

The essentially autobiographical book is about Durtal, the alter ego of the author Huysmans, and his attempt to defend himself against his disgusting contemporaries by writing a biography of the medieval war hero and child murderer Gilles de Rais. In his research into magic and alchemy, he enters ever deeper into the Satanic underworld of turn-of-the-century Paris.

Title: In the Abyss
Original title: Là-Bas
Author: Joris-Karl Huysmans
Language: Swedish
Translator: Elias Wraak
Designer: Oskar Aspman

Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
Published: August 2011

ISBN: 9789189633117

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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.