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The Elementary Particles

By Michel Houellebecq

By Michel Houellebecq

By Michel Houellebecq

By Michel Houellebecq

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Paperback $16.95

Nov 13, 2001 | ISBN 9780375727016

Ebook $12.99

Feb 06, 2001 | ISBN 9780375412646

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    About The Elementary Particles

    An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel–part Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis-that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence.

    Bruno and Michel are half-brothers abandoned by their mother, an unabashed devotee of the drugged-out free-love world of the sixties. Bruno, the older, has become a raucously promiscuous hedonist himself, while Michel is an emotionally dead molecular biologist wholly immersed in the solitude of his work. Each is ultimately offered a final chance at genuine love, and what unfolds is a brilliantly caustic and unpredictable tale.

    Translated from the French by Frank Wynne.

    About The Elementary Particles

    An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel–part Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis-that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence.

    Bruno and Michel are half-brothers abandoned by their mother, an unabashed devotee of the drugged-out free-love world of the sixties. Bruno, the older, has become a raucously promiscuous hedonist himself, while Michel is an emotionally dead molecular biologist wholly immersed in the solitude of his work. Each is ultimately offered a final chance at genuine love, and what unfolds is a brilliantly caustic and unpredictable tale.

    Translated from the French by Frank Wynne.

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    About Michel Houellebecq

    Already honored with the Prix Novembre and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Michel Houellebecq won the Prix Goncourt for The Map and the Territory in 2010.

    About Michel Houellebecq

    Already honored with the Prix Novembre and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Michel Houellebecq won the Prix Goncourt for The Map and the Territory in 2010.

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Vintage
    Nov 13, 2001 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375727016

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 06, 2001 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9780375412646

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    Praise

    "An original work of art–ironic, intelligent and as airtight and elegant as a geometry proof."
    —The New York Times Magazine

    "[A] brilliant novel of ideas… [A] riveting novel by a deft, observant writer."
    —The Wall Street Journal

    "Fearless, vivid and astringently honest…surprisingly funny… [C]an permanently change how we view things that happened in our own lives. Not many novels can do that."
    —Los Angeles Times

    Awards

    IMPAC Dublin Literary Award WINNER 2002

    International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award WINNER 2002

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