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
titlecomplete: Against the Grain
characters: Jean Des Esseintes
genres: Fiction, France, French Literature, Philosophy, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Art, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 13078
places: France, Fontenay-aux-Roses
publisher: Read How You Want