Tag: life

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• N포세대

  October 5th 2025 (week 40 of 2025)

  The N-po generation.

• Plateforme

  March 16th 2025 (week 11 of 2025)

  So far, all of Houellebecq's novels I have read follow the same basic plot. Plateforme is not really any different to Les Particules élémentaires, and even in Extension du domaine de la lutte one can see the same pattern—although in a raw, experimental form.

• Les Particules élémentaires

  March 4th 2025 (week 10 of 2025)

  "Atomised" is the second novel written by Michel Houellebecq. To me, it shares its theme with Whatever—Houellebecq's first novel—but explores it in more depth and from a different angle.

• Concluding remarks on Extension du domaine de la lutte

  February 4th 2025 (week 6 of 2025)

  "Whatever" was definitely not a leichte Lektur. It is a strange book, but at the same time it felt not difficult at all to understand. Some parts of it, at least.

• Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte

  January 24th 2025 (week 4 of 2025)

  The book is about a 30 year old software programmer with a resigned view of life. Given the similarity to my own situation, the description piqued my curiosity.

• Structure and aesthetics

  January 21st 2025 (week 4 of 2025)

  Think about the classic Greek epics eg, Illiad or Odyssey: the stories are impressive, but you can also look at the text itself and find that the hexameter itself has a certain kind of beauty.

• Living in Free Fall

  July 7th 2024 (week 27 of 2024)

  I have recently talked to a friend about the furniture I put in the apartment I rent. It is nothing fancy—almost everything I have lives on IVAR shelves from IKEA.