actual conversation about decadent literature:

  • well you can't get more decadent than a rebours. a rebours is the most decadent novel to ever decadent
  • its like swimming in wine wearing a gold leaf bikini while being serviced by male models drenched in fancy chocolate sauce
  • plus jeweled turtles and peacocks.

“These assumptions once granted, he had reached a stage, thanks to a long course of erudite experiments, when he could execute on his tongue a succession of voiceless melodies; noiseless funeral marches, solemn and stately; could hear in his mouth solos of crême de menthe, duets of vespetro and rum.”

— Against the Grain (A Rebours) - Joris-Karl Huysmans
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