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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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05 Nov 2005 02:07:12 PM |
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OT: Michel Houellebecq |
Contradiction fiction
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1627700,00.html
He has been accused of misanthropy, misogyny and Islamophobia, but
Michel Houellebecq makes no apologies for his bleak view of humanity.
His latest book is true to form
Maya Jaggi
Saturday November 5, 2005
The Guardian
Ever since Michel Houellebecq became France's chief literary export,
readers and reviewers have been curious about the source of his morbid
misanthropy and deadpan humour. His latest novel, The Possibility of an
Island, throws up clues in allusions to Louis-Ferdinand C=E9line, while
its comedian protagonist scoffs that those who consider the "alliance
between nastiness and laughter" to be innovative "can't have read
Baudelaire". But in a recent diary fragment on his website, Houellebecq
identifies his father as a master of "paradoxical humour" whose delight
in playing the beauf (bumpkin), though a connoisseur of Joyce's
Ulysses, made him a compelling model for his son.
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