Another of the small amount of #books I’ve read more than once. The most beautiful & sordid language surrounding a tale of strange families & bad tidings. Hard to describe but every page has linguistic wonders. Stick with it and it’ll stick to you like a fungal infection. #JonathanMeades #Pompey #booktodon #bookstodon #ThriceReadBooks

Another #book perfect for dipping into so I’ve read (bits of) it dozens of times. Surrealism before surrealism, decadent, debased & full of dark magick. There is nothing remotely like it. It feels like HP Lovecraft might have invented it to torment a historian at Miskatonic University with evil visions. #Lautreamont - #Maldoror #booktodon #bookstodon #ThriceReadBooks

Another #book I continually return to. Perfect for dipping into a decadent, luxuriant, world, suffused with strange light & a sort of intense artistic insanity. #Huysmans - #ARebours #AgainstNature - I liked his other books but they haven’t made me return again and again. This is supposed to be the corrupting #YellowBook in #OscarWilde - The Picture of #DorianGrey #booktodon #bookstodon #ThriceReadBooks #Decadence #findesiecle

There are only a few #books I ever return to. This is definitely one. Was dipping in again today and it’s just an amazingly beautiful way to spend a few moments. Constantly reviving. #Ovid #metamorphoses #booktodon #ThriceReadBooks