num_pages: 320
description: En Route continues the story of Durtal, a modern anti-hero; solitary, agonised and alienated. Robbed of religion and plunged into decadence by the pressures of modern life, Durtal discovers a new road to Rome. Art, architecture and music light his way back to God.En Route forms part of a sequence of novels by Huysmans which are in fact barely veiled autobiography. First published in 1895, En Route earned the hostility of the Catholic Church and was condemned for obscenity.
language: English
title: En Route
titlecomplete: En Route (European Classics)
genres: Classics, Christianity, France, Catholic, European Literature, Novels, Literature, French Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 292
series: Durtal
publisher: Dedalus