Reading The Damned | Alexandria
Read The Damned by Joris-Karl Huysmans. Exploring debauchery as spiritual rebellion, the icon Huysmans flipped morality on its head - showing how excess and decadence could paradoxically lead to transcendence. His antihero Des Esseintes proves that rejecting society's norms can spark authentic awakening, presaging modern counterculture's quest for meaning through transgression.