Michel Houellebecq and Depressive Realism
by
Ben Jeffery
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Michel Houellebecq, author of five novels including Atomised and Platform, has become possibly the world’s most famous literary pessimist. His work declares that life is painful and disappointing, death is terrifying, and the human condition is a nasty sort of joke. He has been wildly successful...