Joris-Karl Huysmans

Against The Grain, or Against Nature


Read by Martin Geeson


“THE BOOK THAT DORIAN GRAY LOVED AND THAT INSPIRED OSCAR WILDE”. Such is the enticing epigraph of one early translation of Huysmans’ cult no…

Là-bas


Read by Peter Tucker


The plot of Là-Bas concerns the novelist Durtal, who is disgusted by the emptiness and vulgarity of the modern world. He seeks relief…

En Route


Read by Peter Tucker


The second book by Huysmans concerning the religious development of the novelist Durtal, who in the first book ("La-bas") experien…

The Cathedral


Read by Peter Tucker


It is the third of Huysmans' books to feature the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of the author. He had already featured the c…