Stranded (en Rade) (Dedalus European Classics) - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

J-.K.Huysmans (1847-1907) began writing as a naturalist in the style of Zola.His early works excel in their descriptive ability and he is one of the greatest authors in describing the life of Paris and its surroundings as witnessed by his Parisian Sketches.He changed from being an obscure author and art critic to one of the most famous authors of his day with the publication of Against Nature in 1884. His novel about Satanism, La-Bas (1891)is surely the cult novel of the nineteenth century.It is followed by three more Durtal novels which chart Huysmans conversion to catholicism.

Brendan King is a freelancewriter, reviewer and translator with a special interest in late nineteenth-century French fiction. His Ph.D. is on the life and work of J.K.Huysmans.
He has translated La-Bas, Parisian Sketches, Marthe and Against Nature by J.-K. Huysmans for Dedalus.
He has also edited The Life of J.K.Huysmans by Robert Baldick for Dedalus.