“…the sordid landscape of the modern city…” #huysmans #parisinjuly2025

The Paris in July reading event is great fun, but it's been really difficult to pick and choose from the many possible reads I have lurking on the stacks when trying to decide my next read. So far, I've enjoyed the exploits of Arsene Lupin, the innovation of Michel Butor and the sheer brilliance of Marcel Proust. Today, however, I want to return to an author who I began reading recently and whose…

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“It all comes down to syphilis in the end.” #againstnature #huysmans

Inevitably, the effect of the Julian Barnes being what it was, I turned to Huysmans' "Against Nature" straight away! Interestingly, it's only been lurking on the TBR since 2019 when I picked it up at the local Oxfam and it's highly likely that that was because I'd listened to the excellent Backlisted episode on the book. Indeed, the notorious section with the gilded tortoise has become a recurring…

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Un fil, pas trop long, d'objets conservés par la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, exposés à l'occasion de la venue de Clémentine #Mélois, dans nos murs, lundi dernier.

1. La #blague à #tabac de #Huysmans

#BnFArsenal