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90% HATEFUL.(The Possibility of an Island)(Book review)
It is to the credit of the French novelist, poet, and provocateur Michel Houellebecq that, in his new novel, "The Possibility of an Island" (translated from the French by Gavin Bowd; Knopf; $24.95), he so boldly, with considerable energy and erudition, seeks to confront and encompass the fundamentals of the human condition--or, to quote his veiled reference to Andre Malraux, "what a pompous author of the twentieth century had felt fit to call 'the human condition.' " It is to Houellebecq's discredit, or at least to his novel's disadvantage, that his thoroughgoing contempt for, and strident impatience with, humanity in its traditional occupations and sentiments prevents ...
- The possibility of an island, or, the double bind of Houellebecq's apocalypse:...
- Magazine article from: Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies Snyman, E. August 1, 2008 700+ words
...Michel: Atomised Houellebecq, Michel: The possibility of an island science...Michel: Atomised Houellebecq, Michel: The possibility of an island wetenskapsfiksie...literature cites Michel Houellebecq's The possibility of an island (2005...
- Michel Houellebecq. The Possibility of an Island.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction Hove, Thomas March 22, 2007 700+ words
Michel Houellebecq. The Possibility of an Island. Trans. Gavin Bowd...Elementary Particles (1998), Michel Houellebecq's latest novel projects an evolutionary...age and sexual decline. As with Houellebecq's other narrators, Daniel...
- Francobile: with this clone-clogged novel, Michel Houellebecq proves...
- Magazine article from: New York Indiana, Gary May 29, 2006 700+ words
...stupidest religion," Houellebecq was sued by Islamists...entangled with their art. Houellebecq has special gifts...over shrinking human possibilities offsets its smug misanthropy...could have happened to Houellebecq. He seems a victim...legacy, and in The Possibility of an Island, Daniell...
- Gaul author's 'Island' in April stream.(World News)(Michel Houellebecq to...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety James, Alison December 20, 2006 700+ words
Bestselling French author Michel Houellebecq's helming debut, "Possibility of an Island," will begin lensing in April with...stops and starts since media group Lagardere paid Houellebecq a record $1.3 million advance in a joint book...
- A World Without Laughter; Houellebecq sees a future of clones and...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Pape, Eric October 17, 2005 700+ words
...literary provocateur Michel Houellebecq in his latest novel "The...Possibilite d'une ile" ("The Possibility of an Island", in French...elements that have helped turn Houellebecq's previous works into best...hopes are exceedingly high; Houellebecq's last book, "Platform...
- Imagining the post-human: recent books by Kazuo Ishiguro and Michel Houellebecq...
- Magazine article from: Arena Magazine Cooper, Simon February 1, 2006 700+ words
...Me Go and Michel Houellebecq's The Possibility of an Island, both...exploitation of innocence; Houellebecq's characters by...of history. The Possibility of an Island is laced...misogyny and racism, as Houellebecq flaunts his trademark...
- Love in the time of hedonism: Michel Houellebecq's new novel.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Harper's Magazine Nehring, Cristina August 1, 2003 700+ words
...with his second novel that Houellebecq seized literary celebrity...of H. P. Lovecraft). Houellebecq remained a civil servant...to individualism and the possibility of human intimacy. In many...their reviews, though, was Houellebecq's "frontal attack on the...
- Michel houellebecq: French novelist for our times.
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Karwowski, Michael July 1, 2003 700+ words
...feathered'. In the event, Houellebecq was acquitted by the court...against censorship. L'Affair Houellebecq did not represent the first...the Human Genome raised the possibility of interfering with human...the award to someone else. Houellebecq's first novel, Whatever...
