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Isis
Auguste Villiers de L'Isle Adam
Isis
Auguste Villiers de L'Isle Adam
Here, presented in English in a long-belated translation by Brian Stableford, is Isis, the first novel of the acclaimed author of Contes cruels, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Deserving to be reckoned as one of the foundation-stones of Decadent prose fiction, redolent with echoes of Byron and Poe, reconfigured in the Baudelairean manner, and flamboyant with Gautieresque elements, this book is a tour de force of extravagant implication and esthetic dexterity: a work of peculiar genius.
In its vaulting ambitions, its quirky mannerisms, its philosophical posturing and its lush descriptions, Isis is certainly a tale given to excess, but that excess is the essence of the endeavor, the wand of its enchantment.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 12, 2019 |
ISBN13 | 9781645250043 |
Publishers | Snuggly Books |
Pages | 184 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 11 mm · 240 g |
Language | English |
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