Dettagli del libro
Formato
eBook
Pagine
288
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
May 1, 2003
Editore
Penguin
ISBN-10
014190660X
ISBN-13
9780141906607
Descrizione
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...
Generi
Romanzo
Mistero
Fantascienza
Thriller e Suspense
Azione e Avventura
Religione e Spiritualità
Storia
Umorismo
Filosofia
Fantasy
Romanzi a Fumetti
Poesia
Arte e Fotografia
Crimine
Natura