Mystery

La-Bas

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Huysmans' decadent masterpiece follows a writer researching the medieval figure Gilles de Rais, descending into the Satanic underworld of 1890s Paris. Blending historical inquiry with occult horror, the novel explores depraved rituals, spiritual crisis, and the boundaries between faith and damnation. A pioneering work of literary Satanism and psychological transgression, written in lush, feverish prose.

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