by Michel Houellebecq · J'ai lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290303054
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«Les Particules élémentaires» is the novel by Michel Houellebecq, published by J'ai lu in paperback (320 pages, in French).
Two half-brothers embody the disillusionment of Western society at the end of the 20th century: Bruno indulges in sexual pleasure without respite, while Michel, a biology researcher, sees his love life fail and studies a possible new asexual and immortal species. A provocative novel about sex, religion and cloning.
Les Particules élémentaires was originally published in 1998 and received the Prix Novembre that year; this 2000 French edition includes the complete text.
Will appeal to those seeking a contemporary French novel, provocative and with a philosophical background about 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.
