The illustrations by Arthur Zaidenberg are scanned from the 1931 Illustrated Editions issue of A Rebours.
The protagonist has gemstones set in the back of a tortoise, which causes its death.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
À rebours
I recently stumbled upon the "decadent" 1884 novel À rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans - a character in the book collects Redon paintings (see also my previous post).
The illustrations by Arthur Zaidenberg are scanned from the 1931 Illustrated Editions issue of A Rebours.
The protagonist has gemstones set in the back of a tortoise, which causes its death.
The illustrations by Arthur Zaidenberg are scanned from the 1931 Illustrated Editions issue of A Rebours.
The protagonist has gemstones set in the back of a tortoise, which causes its death.
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