TY - BOOK AU - Huysmans,J.-K. AU - Wallis,Keene TI - Là-bas AV - PQ PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Erotic fiction KW - Paranormal fiction KW - Rais, Gilles de, 1404-1440 -- Fiction KW - France -- History -- 15th century -- Fiction KW - Satanism -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A0-bas_(novel); Release date is 2004-12-10; Produced by Suzanne Shell, Cori Samuel and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Là-bas" by J.-K. Huysmans is a novel published in 1891. It follows Durtal, a writer disgusted with modern life, who seeks refuge in studying the medieval child-murderer Gilles de Rais. His research leads him into the occult underworld of fin de siècle Paris, where he discovers that Satanism thrives in contemporary France. With his lover Madame Chantelouve, Durtal investigates this hidden world, culminating in a notorious Black Mass. The novel stirred immediate controversy and was banned from French railway stations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14323 ER -