# Là-bas

**Author:** J.-K. Huysmans
**Tags:** France, Paranormal fiction, Erotic stories, Rais, Gilles de, 1404-1440, Satanism
**Price:** Free
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/96505

## Description

Plunging into the spiritual void of late 19th-century Paris, Là-bas introduces Durtal, a disillusioned writer repulsed by the modern world's vulgarity and materialism. Seeking solace and meaning, Durtal begins researching a biography of Gilles de Rais, the infamous 15th-century nobleman, soldier, and child-murderer who embraced the darkest forms of Satanism. This historical exploration unexpectedly draws Durtal into the contemporary occult underworld of France. Amidst conversations with eccentric friends and encounters with enigmatic figures, Durtal finds himself immersed in a world of black magic, erotic rituals, and blasphemous ceremonies. His journey culminates in the unsettling experience of a Black Mass, a vivid depiction of sacrilege and depravity that shocked readers upon the novel's original publication. Là-bas is a seminal work of Decadent literature, a gothic descent into obsession that unflinchingly explores the eternal conflict between good and evil, the allure of the forbidden, and the desperate search for transcendence in a soulless age.