Against Nature

＂Originally published in France in 1884 as áA rebours; This translation first published in 2018 by 21 Publishing, London; Revised translation published in 2019 by Riverrun, an imprint of Quercus Editions Ltd., Great Britain＂--Copyright page.

Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) was a French novelist and art critic who was one of the founders of the decadent movement in France. His most famous work, Against Nature (A rebours), was a seminal novel of this movement. He also wrote novels in the naturalist tradition of Émile Zola--including Marthe, Histoire d’une fille; Les soeurs Vatard; and En menage--and poetry inspired by Baudelaire’s work.

Theo Cuffe is known for his translations of classic French literature, including Voltaire’s Candide and Micromégas and Other Short Fictions.

Luc Sante is a writer, critic, translator, and artist. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. His books include Low Life and The Other Paris. Originally from Belgium, he now lives in New York and teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College.