Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. This is the story of two brothers, but the subject of the novel is in its dismantling of society and its assumptions, a dissection of modern lives and loves.
Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. This is the story of two brothers, but the subject of the novel is in its dism...
Daniel is a comedian. But he has begun to detest mankind. Despite this, he is unable to stop himself believing in love. A thousand years on, war, earthquakes and others have decimated the earth and Daniel lives alone in a secure compound. Daniel attempts t
Daniel is a comedian. But he has begun to detest mankind. Despite this, he is unable to stop himself believing in love. A thousand years on, war, eart...
The international publishing sensation is now available in the United States--two brilliant, controversial authors confront each other and their enemies in an unforgettable exchange of letters. In one corner, Bernard-Henri Levy, creator of the classic Barbarism with a Human Face, dismissed by the media as a wealthy, self-promoting, arrogant do-gooder. In the other, Michel Houellebecq, bestselling author of The Elementary Particles, widely derided as a sex-obsessed racist and misogynist. What began as a secret correspondence between bitter enemies evolved into a...
The international publishing sensation is now available in the United States--two brilliant, controversial authors confront each other and their en...
The most celebrated and controversial French novelist of our time delivers a riveting masterpiece about art and money, love and friendship, and fathers and sons. Jed Martin is an artist. His first photographs feature Michelin road maps, and global success arrives with his series on professions: portraits of various personalities, including a writer named Houellebecq. Not long afterward, Jed helps a police inspector solve a heinous crime that leaves lasting marks on everyone involved. But after burying his father and growing old himself, Jed also discovers serenity, a deeply moving...
The most celebrated and controversial French novelist of our time delivers a riveting masterpiece about art and money, love and friendship, and fat...
Ein heftig umstrittener Roman, der nicht nur in Frankreich die Öffentlichkeit polarisierte und zum Kultbuch wurde: Michel Houellebecq beschreibt die um Liebe reduzierte erotische Kampfzone der modernen Welt.
Ein heftig umstrittener Roman, der nicht nur in Frankreich die Öffentlichkeit polarisierte und zum Kultbuch wurde: Michel Houellebecq beschreibt die ...