J.-K. Huysmans and the Belle Epoque
Brian Banks
2016

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A tour of fin-de-siècle Paris, interspersed with extracts from Huysmans own writings and contemporary photos. The book was previously advertised under the title Phantoms of the Belle Epoque: the Parisian World of J.-K. Huysmans in 2011 but this version was never published. In 2016, however, an edition was produced, most probably printed by the author himself as there are no publishing details included in the book itself, though it is unclear what differences there may have been between the original conception and the book as it appears in printed form. The printed edition also includes an introduction by the late Colin Wilson.