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Michel Houellebecq
Annihilation
Translation by Shaun Whiteside
London: Picador, 2024
In terms of its emotional impact, Annihilation is Michel Houellebecq’s finest novel. In his previous works, Houellebecq created and perfected a new genre of sorts: novels whose settings are worlds in decline, whose protagonists are utterly petty and impotent in the face of evil, and whose stories make me want to slit my wrists. (more…)
Céline . . . and Houellebecq.
Céline . . . and Houellebecq.
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This essay is being published today to commemorate Céline’s 128th birthday. You can find all of Counter-Currents’ resources on Céline here.
You don’t have to dig too deep through the past two decades of reviews to find that the French novelist-critic Michel Houellebecq is often compared to the late Louis-Ferdinand Céline. (more…)
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Übersetzt von Le Fauconnier
Michel Houellebecq ist heute einer der besten lebenden Romanautoren. Sein neuester Roman, Submission, ist jetzt auf Englisch erschienen. Er bestätigt meinen langjährigen Verdacht, dass Houellebecq ein rechter Mann ist, ob er es zugibt oder nicht vor uns oder sogar vor sich selbst. (more…)
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Translated by Guillaume Durocher
Translator’s Note: I discovered these reflections nestled between some pornographic scenes in Michel Houellebecq’s recently published novel, Sérotonine (Paris: Flammarion, 2019), pp. 70-72.
It is perhaps necessary at this point to provide a few clarifications on love, largely aimed at women, because women don’t really understand what love is for men. (more…)
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English original here
Michel Houellebecq
Submission: A Novel
Trans. Lorin Stein
London: Heinemann, 2015
Michel Houellebecq es uno de los novelistas más finos, de los actualmente vivos. Su novela más reciente, Sumisión, está ahora en inglés. (more…)
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Michel Houellebecq patrí v súčasnosti k najlepším románopiscom. Jeho posledný román Submission práve vychádza i v angličtine. Po jeho prečítaní sa potvrdilo moje dlhodobé podozrenie, že Houellebecq je mužom Pravice – či už si to prizná alebo nie.
Houellebecq je dlhodobo jedným z najdrsnejších kritikov liberálnej dekadencie a pokrytectva. (more…)
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Michel Houellebecq
Submission: A Novel
Trans. Lorin Stein
London: Heinemann, 2015
Michel Houellebecq est l’un des meilleurs romanciers vivants aujourd’hui. Son roman le plus récent, Soumission, est maintenant sorti en anglais. Il confirme mon soupçon de longue date que Houellebecq est un homme de droite, qu’il l’admette ou pas devant nous, ou même devant lui-même. (more…)
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Translations: French, German, Slovak, Spanish
Michel Houellebecq
Submission: A Novel
Trans. Lorin Stein
London: Heinemann, 2015
Michel Houellebecq is one of the finest novelists living today. His most recent novel, Submission, is now out in English. It confirms my long-held suspicion that Houellebecq is a man of the Right, whether or not he admits it to us, or even to himself.
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Nejnovější román Michela Houllebecqa Soumission vyvolal ohromný rozruch. Kniha popisuje nástup k moci islamistického prezidenta ve Francii roku 2022 a předvídatelně byla označena za islamofobní. Načasování vydání knihy souběžně s masakrem v Charlie Hebdo – kdy skupina ve Francii narozených nespokojených muslimů povraždila několik levicově liberálních karikaturistů a Židů – bylo z hlediska marketingu knihy dokonalé. (more…)
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Гийом Дуроше
Последният роман на Мишел Уелбек “Подчинение“ предизвика огромен интерес. Книгата описва идването на власт във Франция на президент ислямист през 2022г. и очаквано е набедена за ислямофобска. Атентатът над Шарли Ебдо – няколко разгневени мюсюлмани родени във Франция убиват ляво-либерални карикатуристи и евреи – се проведе в най-подходящото време, за да увеличи продажбите на книгата. Действително “Подчинение“ е нещо, станало изключително рядко – succès européen (за разлика от обичайния паневропейски панаир на културата, състоящ се от холивудски блокбъстъри и дегенерирала бритпоп музика). (more…)
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Translations: Bulgarian, Czech
Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel, Soumission
Michael Jackson, ¡finalmente blanco!
Michael Jackson, ¡finalmente blanco!
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English version here
La carnicería en Charlie Hebdo y de la tienda kosher en Montrouge son sólo el principio, un presagio. En total, 17 personas, entre ellas diez periodistas, cuatro compradores, y tres policías murieron y treinta resultaron heridas. Este es el comienzo de una guerra civil étnica en Francia, bajo la bandera del Islam. (more…)
Michael Jackson, white at last!
Michael Jackson, white at last!
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Translated by Greg Johnson
Spanish translation here
The carnage at Charlie Hebdo and the kosher food shop in Montrouge are just the beginning, a harbinger. In all, 17 people, including 10 journalists, four shoppers, and three police officers died, and 30 were wounded. This is the beginning of an ethnic civil war in France under the banner of Islam. (more…)
