The third in a series of essays on reading as personal experience. He was one of the bestknown, if not always bestloved, french novelists of the early 21st century. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Loodwicks press images verfotografering naar michel houellebecq platform by. Sep 04, 2003 buy platform new ed by michel houellebecq, frank wynne translator isbn. Listen to serotonin audiobook by michel houellebecq. In a nearfuture france, francois, a middleaged academic, is watching his life slowly dwindle to nothing. Michel houellebecq interview in english for the bbc youtube. His work declares that life is painful and disappointing, death is terrifying, and the human condition is a nasty sort of joke.
Platform by houellebecq, michel, 1958publication date 2003 topics package tours publisher. Platform is a 2001 novel written by michel houellebecq who is probably the most internationally read contemporary french writer. Platform by michel houellebecq translated by frank wynne. In his new work, michel houellebecq combines erotic provocation with a te. The book is on its surface provocative, outrageous and at certain times even obscene, while underneath it plays very skillfully with complex themes through motifs. Platform, michel houellebecq s new novel knopf, 2003. Plateforme nc by michel houellebecq, paperback barnes. When houellebecq is praised its for his xray vision of contemporary life, society, politics. He is the author of several novels including the map and the territory winner of the prix goncourt, atomised, platform, whatever and submission. It tells the story of two halfbrothers, michel and bruno, and their mental struggles against their situations in modern society. Michel houellebecq s most famous novel, atomised, dropped like a bombshell on french leftwing intellectual society, which had thought of him as one of their own. Plateforme is a 2001 novel by french writer michel houellebecq translated into english by frank wynne. Browse michel houellebecqs best selling audiobooks and newest titles.
If truth be told, i thought atomised was original but wildly overpraised, but when i finished platform, it felt like a train had run through me. He is the bestselling author of atomised, platform, lanzarote and whatever. Michel houellebecq is a french writer, poet and essayist. He won the prestigious prix goncourt in 2010 and, in 2019, he was awarded the legion dh. In his new work, michel houellebecq combines erotic provocation with a terrifying vision of a world teetering between satiety and fanaticism, to create one of the most shocking, hypnotic, and intelligent novels in years.
Read serotonin by michel houellebecq available from rakuten kobo. Infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy and mediocrity of his fellow travellers, only the awkward val. Sep 06, 2002 platform by michel houellebecq heinemann, 320pp. Platform ebook by michel houellebecq 9781448105472. Michel houellebecq s novel follows the career of a french academic during a future election in france in which a muslim party wins. You cannot receive a refund if you have placed a shippingpasseligible order.
When his father is murdered, michel takes leave of absence to go on a package tour to thailand. My homemade trailer of michel houellebecq s thrilling novel platform my homemade trailer of michel houellebecq s thrilling novel platform skip navigation. In this case, the customer care team will remove your account from autorenewal to ensure you are not charged for an additional year and you can continue to use the subscription until the end of your subscription term. Most contemporary novels are distinctly forgettable.
Platform is the most offensive of michel houellebecqs books, mainly because of the antiislamic sentiments. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Dec 22, 2015 my homemade trailer of michel houellebecq s thrilling novel platform. Houellebecq s new novel tells the story of an attempt to create a packageholiday company for sextourists. Michel houellebecq is a poet, essayist and novelist.
Following the death of the father he barely knew, he endures his civil service job while eking out an existence of prepackaged pleasure, hollow friendships, tv dinners, and pornography. The controversy that some of his novels have stirred in his homeland and abroad is not least responsible for his notoriety, as houellebecq has shocked readers with explicit sexual material and religious fanatics bashing. Michel houellebecq real name michel thomas, born 26 february 1958, on the island of reunion, france is a controversial, awardwinning french novelist, filmmaker and poet. A bureaucrat with a preference for prepackaged goods, michel renault travels to thailand where he begins to gain a taste for the exotic and sensual, an interest that draws him into an intense love affair with valerie. Michel houellebecq is the first french novelist since albert camus to find a wide readership outside france. Mar 29, 2019 5 reasons to read controversial french novelist michel houellebecq. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. On a group holiday in thailand, however, he meets the shyly compelling vale rie, who soon pursues an agenda that michel himself could never have thought possible. Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice no commitment, cancel anytime. Michel houellebecq, author of five novels includingatomised and platform, has become possibly the worlds most famous literary pessimist. Michel houellebecq audio books, best sellers, author bio. Written by michel houellebecq, audiobook narrated by christian berkel.
He left france and lived in ireland for some years. Its houellebecqs second novel, the followup to houellebecqs most celebrated work, the elementary particles, and shares some themes in common with submission, namely the exploration of islamic fundamentalism. Much like the life of huysman, francios moves from a life of hedonism and emptiness toward a life of faith. Platform, a sexploration of globalism and decadence beginning with the murder of michels father by a muslim man and ending with terrorism in pattaya, was defended against charges of islamophobia by salman rushdie. Serotonin is a nihilistic masterpiece, that will provoke and offend a lot of people particularly houellebecq.
Jul 04, 2011 platform by michel houellebecq translated by frank wynne i was working on a revision of a story, and a character ended up needing to recommend a french author. One imagines michel houellebecq insouciant, standing before a council of moralists or duplicitous moralists, as is more often the case today as a volterian laughing spirit, much as orpheus the poet when the latter is brought before such a tribunal in jean cocteaus film orpheus. Download audiobooks by michel houellebecq to your device. Plateforme is a 2001 novel by french writer michel houellebecq it has received both great praise and great criticism, most notably for the. Buy michel houellebecq ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Francios, the novels main character, is a scholar of the nineteenthcentury french writer j. With platform, michel houellebecq has disproved the adage that you cant follow up a groundbreaking debut with something even better. Buy platform new ed by michel houellebecq, frank wynne translator isbn.
Browse audiobooks written by michel houellebecq sorted. When his father is murdered, michel takes a leave of absence to go. Michelle houellebecq s platform might just be the perfect hobbesian novela book that plunges the reader into a moral universe where normal people feel sick, and sick people feel normal. The erotic stuff is juicy, and if that is your thing stop reading this and go buy the book, you. Less philosophical and grandly ambitious than atomised, it is, if anything, even more outrageously funny and bitingly satirical of the ways we live now than the earlier novel.
It has received both great praise and great criticism, most notably for the novels apparent condoning of sex tourism and islamophobia. Books by michel houellebecq author of the elementary. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Platform by michel houellebecq book club discussion.
In his new work, michel houellebecq combines erotic provocation with a terrifying vision of a world teetering between satiety and fanaticism, to create o. Browse audiobooks written by michel houellebecq sorted by best selling this month page 1 audiobooks. Michel is a civilservant at the ministry of culture. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading platform. Obviously much has already been written about platform by michel houellebecq. Browse michel houellebecqs bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Michel, a 40yearold bachelor, is a civil servant working in the ministry of culture.
Michel houellebecqs serotonin is a caustic, frightening, hilarious, raunchy, offensive, and politically incorrect novel about the decline of europe, western civilization, and humanity in general. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Platform by michel houellebecq, 9780099437888, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. His many bestselling books include platform, the possibility of an island, submission and serotonin. Discover book depositorys huge selection of michel houellebecq books online. Serotonin ebook by michel houellebecq 9781473570535.
Aug 10, 2002 platform by michel houellebecq heinemann. Platform by michel houellebecq book trailer youtube. Bestselling french novelist michel houellebecq pays tribute to the master of horror, h. Its dark, sarkastic, rough, perverted and totally hilarious. You are eligible for a full refund if no shippingpasseligible orders have been placed. Les particules elementaires, is a novel by the french author michel houellebecq, published in france in 1998. In his early forties, michel renault skims through his days with.
David sexton, the spectator michel houellebecq shares with aldous huxley a fascination with religious phenomena, and with george orwell a horror of political correctness and an acute sensewhich one rarely credits him forof common decency. Does houellebecq intend his readers to view platform in this way. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. He currently lives in spain but has said that he does not intend to stay there indefinitely. Michel houellebecq, french writer, satirist, and provocateur whose work exposes his sometimes darkly humorous, often offensive, and thoroughly misanthropic view of humanity and the world. Platform by michel houellebecq is available in these. Ranking of michel houellebecq books, from worst to best. As i stood before the old mans coffin, unpleasant thoughts came to me. Michel houellebecq has 52 books on goodreads with 234151 ratings. In his early forties, michel renault skims through his days with as little human contact as possible. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial.