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In1884, the novel "A Rebours", translated into English as "Against Nature", appeared as a complete map of morbid desires, written by Joris-Karl Huysmans at the peak of decadence in literature. Huysmans delivers a study of a monstruous psyche in a dandy outfit - the depraved Baron Des Esseintes. The novel is a parallel description of the isolated mansion and the deteriorating mind of the hyperaesthetic protagonist. Neurotically represented in detail, we are invited to experience the architectural creation of a man whose inquisitive senses and restless imagination has led him to taste every forbidden fruit and whose wealth and health are slowly consumed by experimental spatial excesses on the verge of sensory overload.