two years and englishers still haven't been able to read this in their native language
who wants to read a book about anteaters
>>23544596Did he vote for Le Pen?
>>23544606He said he was too rich to vote for someone else than Macron
>>23544596I think Lukas Rijneveld's new book still isn't out in English. I am not going to read it now that that person has declared themselves transgender, but I imagine other people might be annoyed by this.
>>23544606>Anéantir begins during a fictional presidential election campaign in 2027. Marine Le Pen has stepped down as leader of the National Rally but far-right candidate Éric Zemmour is still sparking controversy. President Emmanuel Macron is another real-life figure who, while not named, seems to feature, as is Bruno Le Maire, the current economy minister. Le Maire, a friend of Houellebecq, is the inspiration for Bruno Juge, one of the story’s protagonists.>Juge is critical of the outgoing president (implied to be based on Macron), at one point declaring that the head of state “has one political conviction and one only … ‘I was made to be president.’” After two terms of this leader, Houellebecq presents a country that is on its knees, with high levels of unemployment and poverty.
>>23544596>700 page novel about uniquely french contemporary issuesWhy would we want to?
>>23544619Its treason then
>>23544628I believe it is
>>23544596I'm an Englisher fluent in French. I've simply chosen not to read it because I have other books I want to read. I'm reading Un An by Jean Echenoz right now.
>>23544596why bother, it's the same old shit anyway
>>23546034sour grapes desu
