A novel, translated by W. Fleming, and introduced by David Blow. The second in Huysmans' series of four autobiographical novels (the others being La-Bas, La Cathedrale, and The Oblate of St. Benedict), En Route tells of the religious dissolution and spiritual reedification of Durtal, the decadent anti-hero par excellence. Huysmans' decadence, Blow writes in his introduction, was a moral predicament, an artistic posture, and the natural outcome of his loss of religious faith. The novel narrates Durtal's progression from a crisis of faith, through Trappism, to a new inspiration in the art, architecture, and music of Rome.
- ISBN10 0870526162
- ISBN13 9780870526169
- Publish Date 1 May 1990 (first published 9 November 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 28 January 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 314
- Language French