En Rade
''En rade'' (English: ''Becalmed'', ''A Haven'' or ''Stranded'') is a novel by the French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans. It first appeared as a serial in the magazine ''Revue Indépendante'' between November 1886 and April 1887. It was published in book form on 26 April 1887 by Tresse et Stock. ''En rade'' followed Huysmans' most famous novel, ''A rebours'', and was a commercial failure since neither critics nor the public could understand its mixture of brutal realism and fantasy. Later on, the Surrealists were more appreciative and André Breton included extracts from the novel in his ''Anthology of Black Humour''. Plot Very little happens in this avowedly anti-Romantic work. Jacques Marles seeks refuge from his Parisian creditors with his wife Louise in a dilapidated bungalow in the village of Longueville, France. Far from finding contentment in an idyllic summer landscape, the couple discover the countryside is grotesque and diseased. The local farmers are greedy, cunning, and o ...
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