The Possibility of an Island
By Michel Houellebecq and Gavin Bowd
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Surprisingly poignant, philosophically compelling, and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, The Possibility of an Island is at once an indictment, an elegy, and a celebration of everything we have and are at risk of losing. It is a masterpiece from one of the world’s most innovative writers.
Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq (1958) es poeta, ensayista y novelista, «la primera star literaria desde Sartre», según se escribió en Le Nouvel Observateur. Su primera novela, Ampliación del campo de batalla (1994), ganó el Premio Flore y fue muy bien recibida por la crítica española. En mayo de 1998 recibió el Premio Nacional de las Letras, otorgado por el Ministerio de Cultura francés. Su segunda novela, Las partículas elementales (Premio Novembre, Premio de los lectores de Les Inrockuptibles y mejor libro del año según la revista Lire), fue muy celebrada y polémica, igual que Plataforma. Houellebecq obtuvo el Premio Goncourt con El mapa y el territorio, que se tradujo en treinta y seis países, abordó el espinoso tema de la islamización de la sociedad europea en Sumisión y volvió a levantar ampollas con Serotonina. Las seis novelas han sido publicadas por Anagrama, al igual que H. P. Lovecraft, Lanzarote, El mundo como supermercado, Enemigos públicos, Intervenciones, En presencia de Schopenhauer, Más intervenciones y los libros de poemas Sobrevivir, El sentido de la lucha, La búsqueda de la felicidad, Renacimiento (reunidos en el tomo Poesía) y Configuración de la última orilla. Houellebecq ha sido galardonado también con el prestigioso Premio IMPAC (2002), el Schopenhauer (2004) y, en España, el Leteo (2005).
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