{"product_id":"books-the-oblate-by-j-k-huysmans","title":"The Oblate","description":"This is the final part of Huysmans' alter ego Durtal's spiritual journey. From the satanism of La-Ba (1891) he makes his way to the foot of the cross by a retreat in a Trappist monastery in En Route (1895), and by living in Chartres in The Cathedral(1898) until finally he embraces Roman Catholicism in The Oblate (1903). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDurtal is a modern anti-hero: solitary, agonised and alienated. His spiritual Journey confronts the problems of our age. Art, architecture and music light Durtal's path to God. Although a novel about spiritual redemption The Oblate is rich in the atmosphere of fin-de-si cle decadence which has dominated Huymans' previous novels.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669628576017,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781912868957.jpg?v=1781509653","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-oblate-by-j-k-huysmans","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}