His novel 'Submission' is more honest than most Satire today. In regards to his critique of Islam, I think he doesn't go far enough. Islam needs to be torn open and intelligently discussed free of persecution. He's a good writer and a rebel. I respect his bravery and audacity.
Well yes, but the dilema is (both for Houellbeq and the protagonist and us) if it really is better to choose a tierd degenerated west over Islam? Dont get me wrong I am a proud ''Islamophobe'', but tbh its not enough to kick out it, its just a symptom. The illness is within the west itself.
Good observation. Here in Germany, it is very hard to criticise Islam, as the topic has been adopted by the ultra conservative and far right people, who just hate Muslims and other minorities. One is easily labeled a nazi when wanting to talk about negative aspects of Islamic doctrine or practice.
@@therealignotus7549 Houellebecq doesn't really even go after Islam in that book or criticise it. If anything, he depicts it as the force that should be embraced by western nativists to put their liberal opposition down as his main character's dialogue with the university president indicates.
@@kelamullah1999 Nah, he does absolutly NOT put it forward as something nativists should embrace. He shows how weak the natavists can be in a situation like that, more depicting a outcome. He personally hates Islam, the only thing positive about it for him is that atleast it has a spine, however bad, unlike liberal society or western man.
I´m from Spain and Houllebecq is the only writer that I know which encompasses the "geist" of the Western world right now. The greatest Western writer alive, without any doubt.
Michel describes the affluent Western world perfectly. That's why those same people react so angrily. Fortunately, the affluent Western world isn't the whole world even in the West. It's one of its bubbles. When I read him I get very sad, because I can only imagine how torturous it is to live like this. But like I said there is so much more to the world than just this. There is hope in other places and although the state of the US is bad it's not as bad as Europe and France specifically.
This guy looks interesting, I’ll definitely be checking out his work. Also, it’s good to see that some societies still take literature seriously enough that a writer can still be controversial & inspire debate.
That Peter Parker is the guy in kindergarten, that constantly shouted at you that you couldn't do it. And then when you fall, he laughs and says 'I told you so'. He's the guy who never takes any risks, who doesn't understand real life. Real life, the kind that's built up from meat and pain. He's the guy who wasn't talented enough to write his own novels and therefore has to criticise other people's work.
Houellebecq combines intellectual curiosity with beautiful writing. Sex and politics aren't actually very important in his work. He's mainly interested in social dynamics, and more specifically, it seems to me, how impersonal social forces shape human behavior. And, importantly, he writes very, very well.
Personally I never saw Houllebeque as chauvinist, I think he is just honest enough to create characters that reflect the very ugly thoughts that we all (or at least the people I know very well) think without consideration. Of course these are often vapid or deeply unsavoury thoughts, but they exist and we shouldn't pretend we think like a Comment Is Free article the whole entire time. I've found him incredibly stimulating and thought provoking. Atomised for one is a poststructuralist masterpiece
As far as I can tell, the interviewer does not have an original thought of his own. "In actual fact, no one gives a damn about the ideas, really." When Houellebecq said that, the interviewer laughed without seeming to understand that he was actually talking about him. Certainly, he said nothing to prove Houellebecq wrong. You have to give Houellebecq credit: No matter much and often he keeps pissing on "journalists" and "critics," they just keep coming back for more and more. Just proves how much they actually hate themselves, I suppose.
journalists that can't understand him in live interaction, and later understand his suggestions to feel angry and raise hell which they couldn't earlier?
@@sawtoothiandiIf the expression “calling a spade a spade” refers to a spade in a deck of cards, then that spade is "un pic". As in “un as de pic”(an ace of space)Un “pic” can be an ice-pick, a mountain peak (un pic de montagne), a woodpecker (un pic-bois). “pic" is not to be confounded with ”pique” (une pique is a taunt, a friendly jab (or not so friendly, depending) Cherry-on-top, un “pic is masculine while une “pique” is feminine. Ikr? French is a crazy person’s language. C’est la vie, what else is there to say
just read atomised, loved it and am now off to buy his other novels - hes so brave putting his views forward and the science in his books is fascinating. michel houellebecq is awesome!
One of his best book to me! This guy has got talent, it's so rare! Houellebecq is a great writer, i dont think he is a mysoginist... He pointed that life is useless, that human are evil, well hard to talk about all this... And he is fun to interview! He is!
The British middle class probably dislike him as he writes about the kind of meaningless vanity and self deception of critics and literature full stop. They have been outed.
Simeon Banner Narcissism ,Social cleansing, and high bar prices, with community speak , and a little smiley on their face , in their faux Metro quarters. Ruined city centres , preferred it when it was just concrete and piss , haven't been in the centre for years . Ah those smuggin's tones , H knew he was a cunt. Outted. Open season on these creeps . BBC tax pulled.
j’adore Michel Houellebecq , i love Michel Houellebecq , he has a clear view of post modern society in which we live. I recognize my silent suffering , my feeling of alienation in this disconnected world and a forced passivity because of the feeling of loneliness and the lack of control to come back in the a time where i was happy and surrounded . The indifference of people too . Michel has the talent to tell the silent sufferings and the alienation underlying the modern world and the lack of purpose that comes from the fractured relationships to others
I haven't heard anything to suggest that these interviewers and interviewees understand what Houellebecq is up to. The University professors were particularly off the mark.
Houellebecq HAS MENTIONED that he was raised by his COMMUNIST-NOT Stalinist-grandmother. When asked about that he has mentioned that at that time "everybody was Communist", referring about it as a "class attitude" within his cultural formation-that of his grandmother.
I think Houellebcq parodies the absurdity of middle-aged men being obsessed with sex rather than advocating this as a way to spend your declining years.
he is a genius of ingenuity! he is what he is and not afraid to display him #self without makeup or modern social deviations without pity or concern for other people sensitivities
"it's almost as if he has read the manual about what has to be put in a novel to get literary critics talking about it"... would prof. colebrook elaborate on it? where can i go buy such a manual? i lack any cognitive and higher mental faculties, but getting me hands on such a manual would get me right there at the top!
thanks. when i was reading atomised i thought it would be impossible to be turned into a film. i'll have to check it out anyway. i think i'll read 'whatever' before watching the film but i'll definately watch it :) thanks for all the info!
Just finished THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES. The things he states are so obvious. He reminds me of Schopenhauer in many ways. Houllebecq is a name that will stick around for a few centuries maybe.
I never thought he was a great writer, but after seeing that, he's now my favourite living French writer! Anybody who says Get Fucked to your political correctness and religious sensibility is a gem in this hypocritical virtue-signalling era. All power to you, Monsieur Houellebecq!
@@quoileternite I've only read one - and thought it was sort of seedy, though yes, it seemed well written (in English translation - my French is not good enough to read in original). However, my point above concerns his importance in a wider issue. The fact that I didn't like his writing was an interesting foil to this and a tribute to his greatness nevertheless. Do you have a favourite book of his to recommend?
Amazing, how bad these critics understand Houellebecq. It is embarrasing to see how their social and political predisposition is in the way of a decent litarary review. Lines like "its not interesseting for littarature critics, but for the common people it is" is very elitist and annoying since it doesnt take the novels serious. I think Houellesbecq demonstrate that he has way more interlectual capacity than these socalled critics.
Amazingly apparent how outwitted these critics are (Forget about the interviewer). The guy does not give a single conventional answer even though all the questions are...
J'ai entamé une série de vidéos sur Michel Houellebecq, elle s'étendra d'extension du domaine de la lutte jusqu'à anéantir. Cela sera l'occasion de revenir sur son œuvre (majeure) et de partager entre adeptes du bonhomme et détracteurs.
A very talented writer, although I think he's very tongue in cheek. 'Whatever' is a very funny book. The German screen adaptation of Atomised is faithful to the novel.
andrew hussey really was on point with his reflection on the different value it has a writers impact on the public and on the critics (ps, f peter parker hahaha)
What is it about trying to pillory an author rather than accept a novel for itself? Did they ask these inane questions of Camus after "The Stranger?" Or Dostoevsky after "Notes from the Underground?" This segment reminds me of Delillo's Mao II, in which the author's picture threatens to take over the work. People would rather put the author on trial, to turn the author into a spectacle in some attempt to lessen the impact of the novel itself. That postmodern culture turns to violence rather than art to shake the culture. Delillo has a point, though perhaps not entirely true, considering Houellebecq's success.
Bueno, al menos la obra de Houellebecq será más leída por estos rumbos.Hasta ahora, sólo he conocido a una persona que lo ha leído. Tiene por ahí algunos escritos buenísimos sobre Lovecraft, sumamente recomendable. Y en efecto, recuerda a Celine :)
Ahora mismo estoy leyendo "Las partículas elementales" y realmente me está gustando mucho su estilo, cuando leí la sinopsis del libro me imaginaba una historia "liviana" al estilo de las escritas por Irvine Welsh, pero la verdad es que la novela destila mucha filosofía e ideas interesantes en casi todos los capítulos que he leído, cuando llegue a la crisis de la mediana edad (si es que llego) le daré una leída más, se sentirá como un puñetazo en las bolas pero seguro que seguirá siendo disfrutable.
So funny that he is lying when he talks about his life (as he tends to lie while narrating his life). Brillant! Literature in every second of his life.
Re-reading my comment, I must say that I wasn't too clear with my comparison to Hitchens. Hitchens was usually seen on stage smoking and drinking, sometimes even drunk. And that combined with his enormous wit made him even more appealing (in my opinion of course, since he never seemed arrogant). The reason I am so upset with Michel is probably the way I was introduced to him: as the latest leading intellectual in France. So maybe you're right, he is like Sartre.
Houellebecq gives vent to his own feelings, rather than parroting whatever the popular narrative is at the present moment. It's not always pretty but fuck it, at least he's interesting.
MH is a mirror reflecting the leftist petit bourgeois’ concept of themselves. It’s painful for that group of people thinking of themselves as progressive and open, it hurts. Keep doing just that Michel !
If Christopher Hitchens was a postmodern fiction writer than I have gravely misread his books and articles. Proust has aged quite well, I think, Camus probably even better, Sartre not so much, but I think he was not a giant even in his times, but that's just my own opinion. It's not about the french really, I think it's more that they lack the materialistic pragmatism that many anglosaxons and germans seem to have.
I think we need more creative writers like Houellebecq, and less pointless literary critics who need to get laid. It is crazy that writers get sued for commenting on the irrational nature of religion. No progress there since Galileo.
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"personally, i don't think he's mysogonistic enough" LMAO fucking based
Love this!
One of the greatest writers currently alive.
not one of. THE.
The geatest French author is Marc-Edouard Nabe. He is as important as Celine or Proust in literature.
One of the greats. The PC police are doing their best to snuff him out of existance.
Yes and so many critics
are clueless why... just read his books. It's obvious he's not writing for fame.
1000%
The Elementary Particles remains one of my favourite novels. Houellebecq is a fucking genius.
Currently reading it now. Its my first novel I've read by Michel, and I'm loving it so far. Definitely plan on diving into more of his novels.
I agree.
When the 'critics' talk it feels like I'm watching a mockumentary. Hilarious.
Peter Parker ...
Exactly
A bunch of decadent retarded shits.
I know, it's the way of the camera, the angle, the speed etc
In my opinion he is the best European writer alive. In his novels he says many things that we all think but don´t dare to say.
I met him in New York. He's very much like he is in this interview. He doesnt even like to talk that much, just smokes and writes. Genius man.
The critique of political correctness isn`t uninteresting. It is essential.
Why?
@@DarkAngelEU why do you ask stupid questions?
@@LOLLYPOPPE There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers, and more questions.
So criticise it then...
His novel 'Submission' is more honest than most Satire today. In regards to his critique of Islam, I think he doesn't go far enough. Islam needs to be torn open and intelligently discussed free of persecution. He's a good writer and a rebel. I respect his bravery and audacity.
Well yes, but the dilema is (both for Houellbeq and the protagonist and us) if it really is better to choose a tierd degenerated west over Islam? Dont get me wrong I am a proud ''Islamophobe'', but tbh its not enough to kick out it, its just a symptom. The illness is within the west itself.
Good observation. Here in Germany, it is very hard to criticise Islam, as the topic has been adopted by the ultra conservative and far right people, who just hate Muslims and other minorities. One is easily labeled a nazi when wanting to talk about negative aspects of Islamic doctrine or practice.
@@therealignotus7549 Houellebecq doesn't really even go after Islam in that book or criticise it. If anything, he depicts it as the force that should be embraced by western nativists to put their liberal opposition down as his main character's dialogue with the university president indicates.
@@kelamullah1999 Nah, he does absolutly NOT put it forward as something nativists should embrace. He shows how weak the natavists can be in a situation like that, more depicting a outcome. He personally hates Islam, the only thing positive about it for him is that atleast it has a spine, however bad, unlike liberal society or western man.
@@therealignotus7549This doesn't shine through in Soumission. The book is not critical of Islam beyond accusations of anti semitism.
I´m from Spain and Houllebecq is the only writer that I know which encompasses the "geist" of the Western world right now. The greatest Western writer alive, without any doubt.
That poor little "Peter Parker, literary critic", so lost in his own misunderstanding.
I'm french, and it is interesting to see that he is well understood in UK while in France no so many people do understand his motivations
No writers in Britain would dare to
write as he does.! This is the Freedom we enjoy in UK today.
No platform and no job !!
I wish they still made documentaries like this.
Michel describes the affluent Western world perfectly. That's why those same people react so angrily. Fortunately, the affluent Western world isn't the whole world even in the West. It's one of its bubbles. When I read him I get very sad, because I can only imagine how torturous it is to live like this. But like I said there is so much more to the world than just this. There is hope in other places and although the state of the US is bad it's not as bad as Europe and France specifically.
This guy looks interesting, I’ll definitely be checking out his work. Also, it’s good to see that some societies still take literature seriously enough that a writer can still be controversial & inspire debate.
That Peter Parker is the guy in kindergarten, that constantly shouted at you that you couldn't do it. And then when you fall, he laughs and says 'I told you so'.
He's the guy who never takes any risks, who doesn't understand real life. Real life, the kind that's built up from meat and pain. He's the guy who wasn't talented enough to write his own novels and therefore has to criticise other people's work.
+Cinqmil To me , he's the bloke who never had sex.
He's a smarmy, superior $hit, isn't he?
He is the man who recites his learnt by heart collection of clichés ... has he ever learnt to think?
Houellebecq combines intellectual curiosity with beautiful writing. Sex and politics aren't actually very important in his work. He's mainly interested in social dynamics, and more specifically, it seems to me, how impersonal social forces shape human behavior. And, importantly, he writes very, very well.
I agree, beautiful writing, which for me is the main point.
I'd love to see Peter Parker write "The elementary particles" if it is such boilerplate writing.
Personally I never saw Houllebeque as chauvinist, I think he is just honest enough to create characters that reflect the very ugly thoughts that we all (or at least the people I know very well) think without consideration. Of course these are often vapid or deeply unsavoury thoughts, but they exist and we shouldn't pretend we think like a Comment Is Free article the whole entire time. I've found him incredibly stimulating and thought provoking. Atomised for one is a poststructuralist masterpiece
I really like this guy, and I am a Sufi!
He's definitly the best author at the moment on this planet!!
At least in France.
This guy's works has been a fucking revelation
As far as I can tell, the interviewer does not have an original thought of his own.
"In actual fact, no one gives a damn about the ideas, really."
When Houellebecq said that, the interviewer laughed without seeming to understand that he was actually talking about him. Certainly, he said nothing to prove Houellebecq wrong.
You have to give Houellebecq credit: No matter much and often he keeps pissing on "journalists" and "critics," they just keep coming back for more and more.
Just proves how much they actually hate themselves, I suppose.
journalists that can't understand him in live interaction, and later understand his suggestions to feel angry and raise hell which they couldn't earlier?
Only France could produce a man like this. The French call a spade a spade. The British writers are cowardly by comparison.
shouldn't that be call une beche a une beche?
@@sawtoothiandiIf the expression “calling a spade a spade” refers to a spade in a deck of cards, then that spade is "un pic". As in “un as de pic”(an ace of space)Un “pic” can be an ice-pick, a mountain peak (un pic de montagne), a woodpecker (un pic-bois). “pic" is not to be confounded with ”pique” (une pique is a taunt, a friendly jab (or not so friendly, depending)
Cherry-on-top, un “pic is masculine while une “pique” is feminine. Ikr? French is a crazy person’s language. C’est la vie, what else is there to say
The equivalent in French is : "appeler un chat un chat", call a cat a cat.
@@sawtoothiandi tête-bèche ? 😂😂😂
@@quoileternite 😻
just read atomised, loved it and am now off to buy his other novels - hes so brave putting his views forward and the science in his books is fascinating. michel houellebecq is awesome!
One of his best book to me! This guy has got talent, it's so rare! Houellebecq is a great writer, i dont think he is a mysoginist... He pointed that life is useless, that human are evil, well hard to talk about all this... And he is fun to interview! He is!
He is not fun to listen to in his interviews.
The British middle class probably dislike him as he writes about the kind of meaningless vanity and self deception of critics and literature full stop. They have been outed.
Simeon Banner Narcissism ,Social cleansing, and high bar prices, with community speak , and a little smiley on their face , in their faux Metro quarters. Ruined city centres , preferred it when it was just concrete and piss , haven't been in the centre for years . Ah those smuggin's tones , H knew he was a cunt. Outted. Open season on these creeps . BBC tax pulled.
Documentaire très original...
Merci !
Renaud
People confuse the main characters in his novels with himself. He's a conduit
This is like a sketch from Brass Eye
+Etcher Houellebecq was a producer with Brass Eye. What became of Chris Morris?
jaye see the fuck are you talking about? He had nothing to do with Brass Eye
Why is this interview only 8 mins long,man I feel like I could listen to this man's thoughts for hours.
i like this guy, good books and a good dude cheers mate
If he make the right people this angry you know his works are amazing
j’adore Michel Houellebecq , i love Michel Houellebecq , he has a clear view of post modern society in which we live. I recognize my silent suffering , my feeling of alienation in this disconnected world and a forced passivity because of the feeling of loneliness and the lack of control to come back in the a time where i was happy and surrounded . The indifference of people too . Michel has the talent to tell the silent sufferings and the alienation underlying the modern world and the lack of purpose that comes from the fractured relationships to others
I haven't heard anything to suggest that these interviewers and interviewees understand what Houellebecq is up to. The University professors were particularly off the mark.
I like him.
Houellebecq HAS MENTIONED that he was raised by his COMMUNIST-NOT Stalinist-grandmother. When asked about that he has mentioned that at that time "everybody was Communist", referring about it as a "class attitude" within his cultural formation-that of his grandmother.
Razor Sharp, like his writing!
I think Houellebcq parodies the absurdity of middle-aged men being obsessed with sex rather than advocating this as a way to spend your declining years.
So, 8 years later, have you become an absurd middle-aged man?
he is a genius of ingenuity! he is what he is and not afraid to display him #self without makeup or modern social deviations without pity or concern for other people sensitivities
I love what you wrote.
great, didnt know any of them were goind to be made into a film, thanks :D
Coe BBC not have spoken to at least some critic's who are not part of the guardian reading class.
Man, makes me want to start smoking again
If he makes people uncomfortable it's because he tells the truth.
"it's almost as if he has read the manual about what has to be put in a novel to get literary critics talking about it"... would prof. colebrook elaborate on it? where can i go buy such a manual? i lack any cognitive and higher mental faculties, but getting me hands on such a manual would get me right there at the top!
Great idea!
thanks. when i was reading atomised i thought it would be impossible to be turned into a film. i'll have to check it out anyway. i think i'll read 'whatever' before watching the film but i'll definately watch it :) thanks for all the info!
Love his books.
I really enjoyed this interview are there any others in English?
Does he still live in Ireland? I love that I inhabit the same country as this man
don't worry Aristotle, even if hes pissed off back to france, you still inhabit the same country as me, and surely thats more than enough for anyone!
Not anymore. He used to live on Bere island, Cork, where my cousins live. They used to see him down the pub.
@@tattarrrrattat what was he like?
@@tattarrrrattat opinion on him
He's back in Paris 13e now.
One of the Best writer currently alive.
"Mildly diverting" = Triggered
Great Michel!
It aint right nor wrong,the fella writes as he sees ,the fella was born into it.
Just finished THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES. The things he states are so obvious. He reminds me of Schopenhauer in many ways. Houllebecq is a name that will stick around for a few centuries maybe.
I never thought he was a great writer, but after seeing that, he's now my favourite living French writer! Anybody who says Get Fucked to your political correctness and religious sensibility is a gem in this hypocritical virtue-signalling era. All power to you, Monsieur Houellebecq!
The point is that his books are extremely well written.
@@quoileternite I've only read one - and thought it was sort of seedy, though yes, it seemed well written (in English translation - my French is not good enough to read in original). However, my point above concerns his importance in a wider issue. The fact that I didn't like his writing was an interesting foil to this and a tribute to his greatness nevertheless. Do you have a favourite book of his to recommend?
fantastic writer, must read
Amazing, how bad these critics understand Houellebecq.
It is embarrasing to see how their social and political predisposition is in the way of a decent litarary review.
Lines like "its not interesseting for littarature critics, but for the common people it is" is very elitist and annoying since it doesnt take the novels serious.
I think Houellesbecq demonstrate that he has way more interlectual capacity than these socalled critics.
Amazingly apparent how outwitted these critics are (Forget about the interviewer).
The guy does not give a single conventional answer even though all the questions are...
Is that Red Snapper, the jazz-funk band, in the background?
@HiddenPaths09 yeah, you should. They are descent novels.
Wow!! These critics are a unified bunch.....
Totally agree with you. But of course the professors have the most incentive/pressure to act like they know what's going on..
Mind blowing book
J'ai entamé une série de vidéos sur Michel Houellebecq, elle s'étendra d'extension du domaine de la lutte jusqu'à anéantir. Cela sera l'occasion de revenir sur son œuvre (majeure) et de partager entre adeptes du bonhomme et détracteurs.
I would love to see more Houellebecq videos...with English subtitles, please.
Possibility is a very demanding book but its perhaps his must philosophical
Rest in Peace Litterature
That cigarette between the 2nd and 3rd fingers .... LOL.
The biggest thinker of the West in the last 60 years
A very talented writer, although I think he's very tongue in cheek. 'Whatever' is a very funny book. The German screen adaptation of Atomised is faithful to the novel.
Peter Parker, go back to taking pictures of Spiderman
andrew hussey really was on point with his reflection on the different value it has a writers impact on the public and on the critics (ps, f peter parker hahaha)
What is it about trying to pillory an author rather than accept a novel for itself? Did they ask these inane questions of Camus after "The Stranger?" Or Dostoevsky after "Notes from the Underground?" This segment reminds me of Delillo's Mao II, in which the author's picture threatens to take over the work. People would rather put the author on trial, to turn the author into a spectacle in some attempt to lessen the impact of the novel itself. That postmodern culture turns to violence rather than art to shake the culture. Delillo has a point, though perhaps not entirely true, considering Houellebecq's success.
Bueno, al menos la obra de Houellebecq será más leída por estos rumbos.Hasta ahora, sólo he conocido a una persona que lo ha leído. Tiene por ahí algunos escritos buenísimos sobre Lovecraft, sumamente recomendable. Y en efecto, recuerda a Celine :)
Ahora mismo estoy leyendo "Las partículas elementales" y realmente me está gustando mucho su estilo, cuando leí la sinopsis del libro me imaginaba una historia "liviana" al estilo de las escritas por Irvine Welsh, pero la verdad es que la novela destila mucha filosofía e ideas interesantes en casi todos los capítulos que he leído, cuando llegue a la crisis de la mediana edad (si es que llego) le daré una leída más, se sentirá como un puñetazo en las bolas pero seguro que seguirá siendo disfrutable.
Who would you think goes far enough?
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
So funny that he is lying when he talks about his life (as he tends to lie while narrating his life). Brillant! Literature in every second of his life.
Michel speaks quite good an English....
Re-reading my comment, I must say that I wasn't too clear with my comparison to Hitchens. Hitchens was usually seen on stage smoking and drinking, sometimes even drunk. And that combined with his enormous wit made him even more appealing (in my opinion of course, since he never seemed arrogant). The reason I am so upset with Michel is probably the way I was introduced to him: as the latest leading intellectual in France. So maybe you're right, he is like Sartre.
Houellebecq gives vent to his own feelings, rather than parroting whatever the popular narrative is at the present moment. It's not always pretty but fuck it, at least he's interesting.
H's face right at the end , like a bottle cap on a Ferrari.
I recently read my first Houellebecq book, Whatever, and I think it ruined my life
Bukowski of the 21th Century ♥️
charachter of his own
MH is a mirror reflecting the leftist petit bourgeois’ concept of themselves. It’s painful for that group of people thinking of themselves as progressive and open, it hurts. Keep doing just that Michel !
my is he holding the cigarette like that ??
TheDonClock it's a European thing.
lawrence pollard he says his name is
A hero to incels everywhere. Dropping the blackpill left and right. He deserves sainthood
If Christopher Hitchens was a postmodern fiction writer than I have gravely misread his books and articles. Proust has aged quite well, I think, Camus probably even better, Sartre not so much, but I think he was not a giant even in his times, but that's just my own opinion. It's not about the french really, I think it's more that they lack the materialistic pragmatism that many anglosaxons and germans seem to have.
He reminds me of John Lydon in his interviews
I am 100% sure the last woman will not dare to say that about political correctness today. 10 grands for it.
Possibility of an island is a huge book!!! I loved it!!! Atomised? Not a big fan
A Contrary, according to my culture, which in fact has been denied!
my ears are seeing the face of david mitchell.
The point is that it is extremely well written. (Peter Parker is a bit of a collection of clichés).
I think we need more creative writers like Houellebecq, and less pointless literary critics who need to get laid. It is crazy that writers get sued for commenting on the irrational nature of religion. No progress there since Galileo.
true
Anyone who reduces Guardian readers to impotent fury has got to be
a good thing .
@ABombs1 Two different categories.
why does he sounds like Cioran???