Description
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.
Author: Auguste Villiers De L'Isle Adam, Brian Stableford
Publisher: Snuggly Books
Published: 08/12/2019
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9781645250043
ISBN10: 1645250040
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | European | French
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