Tag: michel-houellebecq

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• The European Way to Die

  January 10th 2026 (week 2 of 2026)

  An article on euthanasia and assisted suicide written by Michel Houellebecq, and translated by Robyn Creswell.

• The rights and wrongs of assisted dying

  December 18th 2025 (week 51 of 2025)

  An article about assisted suicide, from the April 13th 2024 edition of the Economist.

• 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.