can i get a quick run down on houllebecq?worth reading? where to start? is he based? or, as i have a read in a couple of reviews from leftists, is he very subtly satirizing the far right?i just read an interview with him in the financial times and it does seem his contempt for the leftist "elites" and islam is genuine.
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>>24727397>and it does seem his contempt for the leftist "elites" and islam is genuine.He is just seething about his chuddy fan club and having to pull his sex tape due to failure to perform.
>i just read an interview with him in the financial times and it does seem his contempt for the leftist "elites" and islam is genuine.Read Submission. Get out of the "left-right" dichotomy. Michel satirises the real world.
>>24727433>satirisesYou just made Houllebecq cry.
>>24727438I swear if you're a yank that is pointing out the lack of a 'z'....
>>24727449I am pointing out the retard.
> worth reading? No> where to start?With whatever> is he based? Yes, no> or, as i have a read in a couple of reviews from leftists, is he very subtly satirizing the far right?He is. But he goes in your direction too, given you can take a joke or two at your own expense
>>24727397He literally became the most successful and influential author of the 21st century, against all odds. He will be remembered in history whereas J.K. Rowling and every other bestselling author of today. That being said, Whatever, Atomised and Submission are the only works worth reading. Not sure about Annihilation.
>>24727397I've just read SubmissionIt isn't just some up-in-your-face right wing propagandaIs he satirizing the far right? Well, the bad muslim president makes laws that are very similar to right-wing ones, so maybeIMO worth the read
>>24727500>the most successful and influential author of the 21st centuryLiterally this. Wellbeck is the most important writer of our time whether you like it or not.
Ir order of quality:>the map and the territoryNo scandalous so it may put people off, specially those who seek after sex obsessed, nihilistic Houellechad.This one is a subtle meta narrative about art and detachment from life. Many, many layers of interpretation. Much fun.>how to stay alive: a methodHelps a lot if you write and want to off yourself.>whatever + atomized + possibility of an islandI consider it a trilogy. They are all about the same thing and all try to be edgy with sex and nihilism. I see it as whatever = personal level; atomized = social level; island = existential level. It escalates, the conflict and the solution.If you're to read just one, read atomized (elementary particles).>submissionSame as the three above, but with religious context. First good ending.>LovecraftGreat if you like Lovecraft. Otherwise it's good to understand Houellechad's hatred, his philosophy (if you want).>serotoninSame protagonist with kinda same plot. However, the sniper part makes up for it. Also, IMO one of the best last pages in any book ever.>aneantirFelt underwhelming as I was really hyped. Some cool ideas anyway. Maybe I'll get more out of it when I'm older.>SchopenhauerLike the Lovecraft one, but without the passion. It's interesting at most.>platformSame sex stuff with parallels of first world countries fucking third world countries. I couldn't care less, but maybe that's your thing.>lanzaroteNovella about a guy who goes to an island to fuck. Couldn't finish.>public enemies (I guess that's the title, it's the one with his letters with another french witter)Why is that even a thing? LolI'm not big on poetry so I cannot judge pursute de la Bonheur, the only one I've read.
>>24727524Why?
>>24727530No one else has overcome the liberal elite as hard as he has. His insights into the modern world and the state of Europe were almost prophetic, and he ignored all liberal sensibilties (which one needs to become a successful mainstream writer nowadays) to depict things how they actually are: and as such he became successful because no one could ignore what he had to say, even if they denied it as simple literary shock tactics. Atomised, Submission, Serotonin have all accurately diagnosed problems with modern Europe in a way that isn't right-wing schizo babble or childish leftwing muh capitalism. Once Europe moves past the plagues of modernity, Wellbeck will be lauded as one of Europe's most insightful writers of recent times.
He predicted Charlie Hedbo attack and yellow vest movement
>>24727397I tried reading him expecting something existentialist that would put me in a gloomy mood but all I read was sex sex sex benis boobs bagina.
>>24727554>dude, he like, preaches to the choir
>>24727397He's a freaky little goblin. In a good way.Read Elementary Particles or Submission.
