by Michel Houellebecq · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080674722
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«Les Particules élémentaires» is the contemporary novel by Michel Houellebecq, published by Flammarion in paperback (396 pages, in French).
Stepbrothers Michel and Bruno embody two opposite failures: Michel, a molecular biologist, takes refuge in science and solitude; Bruno, a literature teacher, unsuccessfully pursues sexual pleasure. Their lives, marked by a difficult childhood and the legacy of the 1970s, paint a disenchanted portrait of Western society.
Originally published on August 24, 1998, the novel was awarded the Dublin Literary Award in 2002.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and French narrative seeking a critical look at Western society.
Michel Houellebecq is a French author of novels, poems, and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker, and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Houellebecq published his first novel Whatever in 1994 and his second, Atomised, in 1998, to international fame as well as controversy. He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in 1996.
