With the Flow
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Through its brilliant, unrelenting detail, Huysmans' early masterpiece captures the minutiae of misery and boredom in a day in the life of a man who—for the moment—refuses to go with the flow. It is published here with the short story The Retreat of Monsieur Bougran.With a Foreword by Simon Callow. M. Folantin is a government employee who is overwhelmed by the quotidian misery of life. The story follows his quixotic quest for enjoyment as he goes to a restaurant, to the cinema, and to a prostitute—but ultimately finds that nothing can relieve him of his disgust and boredom with the business of living. Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907), art critic and author of Against Nature,is a leading figure in France's Decadent Movement.
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