Michel Houellebecq is also loved and hated. Even more so now that the French writer has done it again. His new novel, Serotonin, appears to have prophesied the manifestations of yellow vests. And it’s not the first time this writer seems to guess the future by writing fictional stories. It is therefore no wonder that there is one who refers to him as the “prophet of unrest. “
Houellebecq’s distorted characters, degraded to their lowest instincts, live in a dystopian mute, these worlds, as the author said, arise from the concerns of today’s society, so we face attacks by Islamists, Western countries governed by Sharia law and, in their latest novel, roads blocked by angry farmers.
- Michel Houellebecq was able to carry out in-depth analysis of the problems and fears of society.
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- It is significant that Charlie Hebdo magazine dedicated a cover entitled The Predictions of the wizard Houellebecq on the same day that the publication’s headquarters suffered an attack that left twelve people dead.
Sex tourism and Islamophobia are the topics that best describe Michel Houellebecq’s novel Platform. The two main protagonists of this work embark on a tourist business: friendly tourism. This type of tourism encourages Europeans to seek sexual experiences in Thailand, in the ‘clubs of Aphrodite’ In this context, Muslim extremists committed a terrorist act very similar to the Bali attack, which took place after the publication of the novel.
“Living without reading is dangerous, it forces you to settle for life and the person may be tempted to take risks. -Michel Houellebecq-
Despite the great reception of this novel, it was not the author’s first masterpiece, it is with Elementary Particles that it was dedicated to the point of being called the “Houellebecq phenomenon”. But maybe it’s better to quote this book than to describe it.
“So we live, and having a child now no longer makes sense to a man. The case of women is different, because they still need someone to love, which has never been and will never be the case with men. It’s a lie,” pretending that men should also take care of a baby, play with their children, caress them. Even if they’ve repeated it for years, it’s still fake. When a man divorces, as soon as the family environment is broken, relationships with his Children lose all meaning. Is the child the trap that closes, the enemy that must remain guarded and that will survive us?
In 2022, Mohammed Ben Abbes, a politician from the Muslim Brothers party, won the general election. Once in power, Ben Abbes established sharia law. The main university of France is privatized and becomes an Islamic university, the right to equality between men and women is abolished, polygamy is passed, Morocco enters the European Union. The European Union thus claims to be the new Islamic “Roman Empire”, with France as its central axis.
“All societies have their weaknesses, their wounds, putting their finger on the wound and squeezing it hard?-Michel Houellebecq-
This is the context in which the characters of Michel Houellebecq’s novel Submission (translation of the Arabic word Islam) evolve. The novel quickly became a bestseller and earned praise and criticism. Far-right movements have pointed out that fiction can become a reality, while some called it racist and homophone. In short, a fiction that leaves no one indifferent.
Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel, Serotonin, focuses on the discontent of the new poor. Do you describe the social cynicism of politicians with your?Understanding social problems, while condemning the extremism of agitators. The work describes the collapse and decomposition of a civilization. In his words, civilization “dies of fatigue, of disgust for itself”.
“Unlike music, painting and even film, literature can absorb and digest unlimited amounts of contempt and humor” – Michel Houellebecq-
Michel Thomas, the writer’s real name, is a depressive, compulsive, crude and above all provocative smoker, suffered several hospitalizations in psychiatric facilities until settling down as the terrible creature of French letters and the relentless narrator of contemporary despair.
Did your late mother define you as a stupid, petty bastard?After portraying her as a nymphomaniac and prostitute in one of her works, however, he is one of the writers who has best captured the desperation of public opinion. his novels are inevitable.