description: Delving deep into human psychology, Huysmans explains the formation of a personality and how some childhood deprivations force Des Esseintes to abandon the world and create one of his own.
language: English
title: Against the Grain: Easyread Edition
titlecomplete: Against the Grain: Easyread Edition
characters: Jean Des Esseintes
genres: Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Philosophy, 19th Century, France, French Literature, Fiction, Art
ratings_count: 13075
places: Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
publisher: Read How You Want