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POSSIBILIT� D'UNE �LE (LA) [Paperback]

MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ (Author)

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Paperback: 485 pages
Publisher: FAYARD (�DITIONS) (Sep 1 2005)
Language: French
ISBN-10: 2213625476
ISBN-13: 978-2286016753
Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.2 x 3 cm
Shipping Weight: 458 g

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #198,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Le pitch ? Quel pitch ?
Il est impossible d’en dévoiler un. Le quatrième roman de Michel Houellebecq, par son ampleur, ses ambitions, sa façon bien à lui de déjouer tout pronostic, échappe à cette pratique paresseuse de la critique moderne. Alors qu’en dire ?
Dire que les éditeurs étrangers les plus importants (US, Grande-Bretagne, Allemagne, Italie, Espagne, Suède, Japon…), l’ont lu sur manuscrit et aussitôt acheté.
Dire aussi qu’ils n’ont pas été avares de compliments. L’un louant son humour décalé, l’autre célébrant son lyrisme, le troisième avouant à quel point il avait d’abord ri, puis frémi devant cette fresque admirablement construite, où tout est à sa place, sans effort apparent, comme soulevé par une intelligence qui lance un défi à la raison, un avertissement salutaire.
En un mot, soufflé par l’auteur lui-même : « Je crois que c’est mon meilleur livre. »

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, challanging, confrontational, fascinating, Oct 16 2005

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This book takes on love, death, and the meaning of life, in the most serious, though contrarian, way. It covers much of the same ground as H's previous novels, but on a grander scale. I give it my highest recommendation.

As a middle-aged non-believer, I found H's clear-sighted, pitiless consideration of issues of aging and death thought-provoking in the extreme.

A future world is imagined devoid of direct human contact, love, sex, passion, work, travel, and food. Why do these "neo-humans" continue to live? A Buddhist-like quest for a life free from desires is fully accomplished, and is presented as insanely misguided.

Many find H's public persona unattractive, and his non-PC attitudes towards untouchable subjects such as sex and religion excessively confrontational. Those who can look beyond these distractions and read the book with an open mind are in for a very rewarding intellectual challange.

I apologize for writing this review in English; my written French is just not up to the task.

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