Autograph postcard, signed.

Huysmans (Joris-Karl)

Autograph postcard, signed.

Description: written in black ink on a small note-card, pp. [2], 9 x 11.5 cm approx, very good condition

Publication Details: n.d. [circa 1897]

Notes: The letter is addressed to 'Mon cher confrère', the recipient obscure; in it, Huysmans explains that he has 'reçu aucune proposition de l'Echo [de Paris]' – but, had he done, he would have declined it on account of being 'absorbé dans d'interminables travaux sur les cathédrales et la symbolique religieuse, pour un roman'. The novel in question is likely to have been 'La Cathédrale', serialised in L'Echo de Paris from October of 1897.Huysmans continues, assuring his correspondent that, 'Au reste, je vous le dis bien simplement, si, à un moment donné, je pouvais vous être utile, je le...moreThe letter is addressed to 'Mon cher confrère', the recipient obscure; in it, Huysmans explains that he has 'reçu aucune proposition de l'Echo [de Paris]' – but, had he done, he would have declined it on account of being 'absorbé dans d'interminables travaux sur les cathédrales et la symbolique religieuse, pour un roman'. The novel in question is likely to have been 'La Cathédrale', serialised in L'Echo de Paris from October of 1897.Huysmans continues, assuring his correspondent that, 'Au reste, je vous le dis bien simplement, si, à un moment donné, je pouvais vous être utile, je le ferai et avec joie, soyez en bien sûr, Bien votre, J.K. Huysmans'. HIDE