The appeal lies in its balance
"We, too," is its conclusion, "by leave of the everlasting stupidity of things, may, like our fellow-citizens, live stupid and respected." The fantastic unreality, the exquisite artificiality of A Rebours, the breviary of the decadence, is the first sign of that possible escape which Huysmans has always foreseen in the direction of art, but which he is still unable to make into more than an artificial paradise, in which beauty turns to a cruel hallucination and imprisons the soul still more fatally
The combination creates a kind of atmosphere rather than a trailsubtle, modern in restraint, yet deeply rooted in the old craft of tension, perspective, and order
This efficient absorption method bypasses the digestive system, resulting in a faster and more immediate nicotine hit
They too deliver nicotine to the body which leads to various health issues, including nicotine poisoning and cardiovascular disease