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The hero of this curious novel is des Esseintes, a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa. Here, accompanied only by a couple of silent servants, he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems, and complex perfumes and embarks on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments, starting with the decision to give his giant pet tortoise a jewel-encrusted shell…

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780141906607 ● Traducteur Patrick McGuinness ● Maison d’édition Penguin Books Ltd ● Publié 2003 ● Téléchargeable 6 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 2268459 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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