The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq

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The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq

An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel-part Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis-that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence.

Bruno and Michel are half-brothers abandoned by their mother, an unabashed devotee of the drugged-out free-love world of the sixties. Bruno, the older, has become a raucously promiscuous hedonist himself, while Michel is an emotionally dead molecular biologist wholly immersed in the solitude of his work. Each is ultimately offered a final chance at genuine love, and what unfolds is a brilliantly caustic and unpredictable tale.

Translated from the French by Frank Wynne.
Michel Houellebecq nacio en 1958 en la francesa Isla Reunion. Publico su primer libro, un ensayo sobre Lovecraft, en 1991, y su primera novela, Ampliacion del campo de batalla, en 1994. La aparicion en 1998 de su segunda novela, Las particulas elementales, fue una historia literaria y editorial asombrosa. El fenomeno Houellebecq provoco innumerables y apasionados debates en la prensa internacional. El libro, que vendio en Francia mas de 350.000 ejemplares, ha sido publicado en mas de treinta paises. Ese mismo ano gano el Premio Nacional de las Letras. En otono de 1999 publico Renacimiento, una coleccion de poesia que se suma a Sobrevivir (1991), La busqueda de la felicidad (1992) y El sentido de la lucha (1996, Premio de Flore), y en 2013, Configuracion de la ultima orilla. En 2001 vuelve a la narrativa con Plataforma. Como ensayista, es autor de El mundo como supermercado (1998), Enemigos publicos (2008) e Intervenciones (2009). El mapa y el territorio (2010, Premio Goncourt) y Sumision (2015) son sus ultimas novelas. La posibilidad de una isla, publicada por primera vez en 2005, merecio el Premio Interallie 2005 y se convirtio pronto en un best seller internacional cuyos derechos mundiales fueron vendidos a una treintena de paises, ademas de ser adaptada al cine por el propio autor.
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ISBN 13 9780375727016
ISBN 10 0375727019
Title The Elementary Particles
Author Michel Houellebecq
Series Vintage International
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2001-11-13
Number of pages 272
Prizes Winner of IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2002, Winner of International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2002
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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