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Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe



For me, there's a weird, unfathomable gulf — I almost wrote gulp — between the completion of a novel and its publication. Some days this duration feels interminable, as though the book has... Continue »
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The Elementary Particles (Vintage International)

by Michel Houellebecq

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ISBN13: 9780375727016
ISBN10: 0375727019
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An international phenomenon, "The Elementary Particles" is a furiously important novel that tells the story of two deeply disturbed half brothers. A novel of big, domineering themes, this book plumbs the opaque depths of anomie and despair but is mysteriously moving and rich with mordant humor.

Review:

"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

About the Author

Michel Houellebecq lives in Ireland.

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ISBN:
9780375727016
Translator:
Wynne, Frank
Author:
Wynne, Frank
Author:
Houellebecq, Michel
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Brothers
Subject:
Translations into english
Subject:
Molecular biologists.
Subject:
Extinction
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Vintage International (Paperback)
Series Volume:
2000-210325
Publication Date:
November 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
8.03x5.19x.65 in. .49 lbs.

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