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. Cited differently as a ghost story, horror story and mystery, the novel is also an expedition in psychology as well as emblem of 19th century decadence of literature.
language: English
title: Against the Grain
titlecomplete: Against the Grain
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