L'Oblat

By Joris-Karl Huysmans

This is the final part of Huysmans' alter ego Durtal's spiritual journey. From the satanism of La-Ba (1891) he makes his way to the foot of the cross by a retreat in a Trappist monastery in En Route (1895), and by living in Chartres in The Cathedral(1898) until finally he embraces Roman Catholicism in The Oblate (1903).

Durtal is a modern anti-hero: solitary, agonised and alienated. His spiritual Journey confronts the problems of our age. Art, architecture and music light Durtal's path to God. Although a novel about spiritual redemption The Oblate is rich in the atmosphere of fin-de-si?cle decadence which has dominated Huymans' previous novels.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912868954
• ISBN13: 9781912868957
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Dedalus
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 7.7"