Isis (9781645250043)
Paperback 184 pages English Aug 12, 2019
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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 de Villiers de l'Isle Adam|Brian Stableford
- Publisher:
- Snuggly Books
- Publication Date:
- Aug 12, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 184 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1645250040
- ISBN-13:
- 9781645250043