02/02/2019
The Houellebecq recipe
Ingredients: a middle-aged protagonist plagued by depression, a few sociological reflections, a handful of anatomical descriptions, several erotic passages, a dash of cynicism and humour. Freely mix these elements in a novel of about three hundred pages. This recipe, applied in Whatever (1994) and perfected through Atomised (1998) won Michel Houellebecq worldwide commercial success and critical acclaim (he is by far the best known French author of our time), then the recognition of the critic...