Houellebecq, Michel
Overview
| Works: | 653 works in 2,465 publications in 29 languages and 30,009 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Political fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Science fiction Psychological fiction Satire Detective and mystery fiction Humorous fiction Personal correspondence Novels |
| Roles: | Author, Actor, Contributor, Author of introduction, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Editor, Interviewee, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Adapter, Author of dialog, Performer, Director, Photographer, Other, Author of screenplay, Narrator, Scenarist, Musician, Lyricist, Film editor, 080, dir |
| Classifications: | PQ2668.O77, 843.914 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Michel Houellebecq
- Michel Houellebecq à la Une( )
- Michel Houellebecq sous la loupe by Murielle Lucie Clément( )
- Michel Houellebecq : humanity and its aftermath by Douglas Morrey( )
- Without God : Michel Houellebecq and materialist horror by Louis Betty( )
- Michel Houellebecq : author of our times by John McCann( )
- Submission by Michel Houellebecq : book analysis by Chloé De Smet( )
- Fin de millénaire French fiction : the aesthetics of crisis by Ruth Cruickshank( Book )
- Das Romanwerk von Michel Houellebecq: moralistisches Spiel - spielerische Moralistik by Sandra Berger( )
- An Officer of Civilization The Poetics of Michel Houellebecq by Nurit Buchweitz( )
- The coming of the body by Hervé Juvin( Book )
- Nihilism by Bülent Diken( Book )
- Contemporary literary criticism by Janet Witalec( )
- Écarts de la modernité : le roman français de Sartre à Houellebecq by Sabine Hillen( Book )
- Michel Houellebecq revisité : l'écriture houellebecquienne by Murielle Lucie Clément( Book )
- Michel Houellebecq and the literature of despair by Carole Sweeney( Book )
- Ennemis publics by Michel Houellebecq( Book )
- Michel Houellebecq( Book )
- Michel Houellebecq : le plaisir du texte by Sabine van Wesemael( Book )
- Les tiroirs de Michel Houellebecq by Bruno Viard( Book )
- Public enemies : dueling writers take on each other and the world by Bernard-Henri Lévy( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Michel Houellebecq
The elementary particles by
Michel Houellebecq(
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181 editions published between 1998 and 2017 in 12 languages and held by 2,400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Follows the lives and fortunes of Bruno and Marcel, born to a bohemian mother during the 1960s, who are brought up separately and pursue their own individual paths-as Bruno battles madness and sexual obsession and Michel, a molecular biologist, comes up with a unique way to express his disgust with the violence of humankind
181 editions published between 1998 and 2017 in 12 languages and held by 2,400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Follows the lives and fortunes of Bruno and Marcel, born to a bohemian mother during the 1960s, who are brought up separately and pursue their own individual paths-as Bruno battles madness and sexual obsession and Michel, a molecular biologist, comes up with a unique way to express his disgust with the violence of humankind
The map and the territory by
Michel Houellebecq(
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99 editions published between 2010 and 2019 in 11 languages and held by 2,127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Having made his name with an exhibition of photographs of Michelin roadmaps - beautiful works that won praise from every corner of the art world - Jed Martin is now emerging from a ten-year hiatus. And he has had some good news. It has nothing to do with his broken boiler, the approach of another lamentably awkward annual Christmas dinner with his father or the memory of his doomed love affair with the beautiful Olga. It is that, for his new exhibition, he has secured the involvement of none other than the French novelist Michel Houellebecq. The great writer has agreed to write the text for the exhibition guide, for which he will be paid handsomely and also have his portrait painted by Jed. The exhibition - 'Professions', a series of portraits of ordinary and extraordinary people at work - brings Jed new levels of global fame. Yet his boiler is still broken, his ailing father flirts with oblivion and, worse still, he is contacted by one Inspector Jasselin, who requests his assistance in solving an unspeakable, atrocious and gruesome crime. Art, money, fathers, sons, death, love and the transformation of France into a tourist paradise come together to create a daringly playful and original twist on the contemporary novel from a modern master of the form
99 editions published between 2010 and 2019 in 11 languages and held by 2,127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Having made his name with an exhibition of photographs of Michelin roadmaps - beautiful works that won praise from every corner of the art world - Jed Martin is now emerging from a ten-year hiatus. And he has had some good news. It has nothing to do with his broken boiler, the approach of another lamentably awkward annual Christmas dinner with his father or the memory of his doomed love affair with the beautiful Olga. It is that, for his new exhibition, he has secured the involvement of none other than the French novelist Michel Houellebecq. The great writer has agreed to write the text for the exhibition guide, for which he will be paid handsomely and also have his portrait painted by Jed. The exhibition - 'Professions', a series of portraits of ordinary and extraordinary people at work - brings Jed new levels of global fame. Yet his boiler is still broken, his ailing father flirts with oblivion and, worse still, he is contacted by one Inspector Jasselin, who requests his assistance in solving an unspeakable, atrocious and gruesome crime. Art, money, fathers, sons, death, love and the transformation of France into a tourist paradise come together to create a daringly playful and original twist on the contemporary novel from a modern master of the form
Submission by
Michel Houellebecq(
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84 editions published between 2014 and 2019 in 10 languages and held by 2,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"As the 2022 French Presidential election looms, two candidates emerge as favourites: Marine Le Pen of the Front National, and the charismatic Muhammed Ben Abbes of the growing Muslim Fraternity. Forming a controversial alliance with the political left to block the Front National's alarming ascendency, Ben Abbes sweeps to power, and overnight the country is transformed. This proves to be the death knell of French secularism, as Islamic law comes into force: women are veiled, polygamy is encouraged and, for our narrator François - misanthropic, middle-aged and alienated - life is set on a new course."--Provided by publisher
84 editions published between 2014 and 2019 in 10 languages and held by 2,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"As the 2022 French Presidential election looms, two candidates emerge as favourites: Marine Le Pen of the Front National, and the charismatic Muhammed Ben Abbes of the growing Muslim Fraternity. Forming a controversial alliance with the political left to block the Front National's alarming ascendency, Ben Abbes sweeps to power, and overnight the country is transformed. This proves to be the death knell of French secularism, as Islamic law comes into force: women are veiled, polygamy is encouraged and, for our narrator François - misanthropic, middle-aged and alienated - life is set on a new course."--Provided by publisher
The possibility of an island by
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116 editions published between 2005 and 2017 in 10 languages and held by 1,712 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
'Who is it among you who deserves eternal life?' The author's novel, which moves between Paris, Andalucia and Lanzarotte, is a thought provoking, shocking, and moving examination of the modern world, the trials of old age and the death of love. This bookis written with the ferocity and candour that has characterised all his work
116 editions published between 2005 and 2017 in 10 languages and held by 1,712 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
'Who is it among you who deserves eternal life?' The author's novel, which moves between Paris, Andalucia and Lanzarotte, is a thought provoking, shocking, and moving examination of the modern world, the trials of old age and the death of love. This bookis written with the ferocity and candour that has characterised all his work
Platform : a novel by
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97 editions published between 2001 and 2019 in 9 languages and held by 1,543 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A bureaucrat with a preference for pre-packaged goods, Michel Renault travels to Thailand where he begins to gain a taste for the exotic and sensual, an interest that draws him into an intense love affair with Valerie
97 editions published between 2001 and 2019 in 9 languages and held by 1,543 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A bureaucrat with a preference for pre-packaged goods, Michel Renault travels to Thailand where he begins to gain a taste for the exotic and sensual, an interest that draws him into an intense love affair with Valerie
Whatever : a novel by
Michel Houellebecq(
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162 editions published between 1994 and 2019 in 9 languages and held by 1,228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A French novel about a fake nihilist. He is a computer engineer from Paris who at thirty is so blase he cannot be bothered to woo a woman, yet he longs for sex. The novel was a bestseller in France
162 editions published between 1994 and 2019 in 9 languages and held by 1,228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A French novel about a fake nihilist. He is a computer engineer from Paris who at thirty is so blase he cannot be bothered to woo a woman, yet he longs for sex. The novel was a bestseller in France
Sérotonine by
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50 editions published between 2018 and 2019 in 15 languages and held by 586 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"'Mes croyances sont limitées, mais elles sont violentes. Je crois à la possibilité du royaume restreint. Je crois à l'amour' écrivait récemment Michel Houellebecq. Le narrateur de Sérotonine approuverait sans réserve. Son récit traverse une France qui piétine ses traditions, banalise ses villes, détruit ses campagnes au bord de la révolte. Il raconte sa vie d'ingénieur agronome, son amitié pour un aristocrate agriculteur (un inoubliable personnage de roman - son double inversé), l'échec des idéaux de leur jeunesse, l'espoir peut-être insensé de retrouver une femme perdue. Ce roman sur les ravages d'un monde sans bonté, sans solidarité, aux mutations devenues incontrôlables, est aussi un roman sur le remords et le regret."--
50 editions published between 2018 and 2019 in 15 languages and held by 586 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"'Mes croyances sont limitées, mais elles sont violentes. Je crois à la possibilité du royaume restreint. Je crois à l'amour' écrivait récemment Michel Houellebecq. Le narrateur de Sérotonine approuverait sans réserve. Son récit traverse une France qui piétine ses traditions, banalise ses villes, détruit ses campagnes au bord de la révolte. Il raconte sa vie d'ingénieur agronome, son amitié pour un aristocrate agriculteur (un inoubliable personnage de roman - son double inversé), l'échec des idéaux de leur jeunesse, l'espoir peut-être insensé de retrouver une femme perdue. Ce roman sur les ravages d'un monde sans bonté, sans solidarité, aux mutations devenues incontrôlables, est aussi un roman sur le remords et le regret."--
Public enemies : dueling writers take on each other and the world by
Bernard-Henri Lévy(
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6 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
What begins as an exchange between bitter enemies evolves into a joint personal meditation among France's premier literary and philosophical live wires on their lives, their writing, and what it means to think
6 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
What begins as an exchange between bitter enemies evolves into a joint personal meditation among France's premier literary and philosophical live wires on their lives, their writing, and what it means to think
H.P. Lovecraft : against the world, against life by
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13 editions published between 2005 and 2019 in English and held by 445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
H.P. Lovecraft, the radical, misanthropic master of the horror genre, now has an impassioned advocate in Michel Houellebecq, Europe's most controversial modern novelst. In his illuminating appraisal of Lovecraft's life and work, Houellebecq reveals a surprising debt to the master of weird fiction
13 editions published between 2005 and 2019 in English and held by 445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
H.P. Lovecraft, the radical, misanthropic master of the horror genre, now has an impassioned advocate in Michel Houellebecq, Europe's most controversial modern novelst. In his illuminating appraisal of Lovecraft's life and work, Houellebecq reveals a surprising debt to the master of weird fiction
Interventions by
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23 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in French and Spanish and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essai
23 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in French and Spanish and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essai
Lanzarote by
Michel Houellebecq(
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29 editions published between 2000 and 2016 in 10 languages and held by 291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On Lanzarote, there are some fascinating human specimens - notably Pam and Barbara, "non-exclusive" German lesbians. Will they succeed in seducing Rudi, the police inspector, currently living in exile in Brussels? And will our narrator consider his week's holiday on the island a success?
29 editions published between 2000 and 2016 in 10 languages and held by 291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On Lanzarote, there are some fascinating human specimens - notably Pam and Barbara, "non-exclusive" German lesbians. Will they succeed in seducing Rudi, the police inspector, currently living in exile in Brussels? And will our narrator consider his week's holiday on the island a success?
H.P. Lovecraft : contre le monde, contre la vie by
Michel Houellebecq(
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33 editions published between 1991 and 2014 in French and Undetermined and held by 202 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
L'auteur salue dans l'oeuvre de Lovecraft un mythe fondateur. Il lui rend hommage, l'admirant de s'être situé dans cet "ailleurs absolu" cher à Einstein et Jacques Bergier, et propose un plaidoyer pour une littérature vertigineuse, "juxtaposition du minutieux et de l'illimité, du ponctuel et de l'infini."
33 editions published between 1991 and 2014 in French and Undetermined and held by 202 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
L'auteur salue dans l'oeuvre de Lovecraft un mythe fondateur. Il lui rend hommage, l'admirant de s'être situé dans cet "ailleurs absolu" cher à Einstein et Jacques Bergier, et propose un plaidoyer pour une littérature vertigineuse, "juxtaposition du minutieux et de l'illimité, du ponctuel et de l'infini."
L'enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq by
Guillaume Nicloux(
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9 editions published between 2014 and 2015 in French and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Michel Houellebecq, possibly the most widely read living French writer, was believed kidnapped on September 16, 2011. But was he really? After a flurry of media reports of his abduction, the story goes cold and Michel, famously reclusive, refuses to set the record straight"--Container
9 editions published between 2014 and 2015 in French and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Michel Houellebecq, possibly the most widely read living French writer, was believed kidnapped on September 16, 2011. But was he really? After a flurry of media reports of his abduction, the story goes cold and Michel, famously reclusive, refuses to set the record straight"--Container
De kaart en het gebied : roman by
Michel Houellebecq(
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7 editions published between 2011 and 2016 in Dutch and held by 161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Een succesvol fotograaf ervaart in de eerste decennia van de 21e eeuw hoezeer vergankelijkheid en schone schijn zijn leven en kunst bepalen
7 editions published between 2011 and 2016 in Dutch and held by 161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Een succesvol fotograaf ervaart in de eerste decennia van de 21e eeuw hoezeer vergankelijkheid en schone schijn zijn leven en kunst bepalen
Renaissance by
Michel Houellebecq(
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10 editions published in 1999 in French and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Des "poèmes de survie", remplis d'éclairs sauvages, de férocité et de musique
10 editions published in 1999 in French and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Des "poèmes de survie", remplis d'éclairs sauvages, de férocité et de musique
Configuration du dernier rivage by
Michel Houellebecq(
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9 editions published between 2013 and 2014 in French and German and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Configuration du dernier rivage est composé d'une centaine de poèmes, recueillis en cinq parties
9 editions published between 2013 and 2014 in French and German and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Configuration du dernier rivage est composé d'une centaine de poèmes, recueillis en cinq parties
Nudes by
Thomas Ruff(
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5 editions published in 2003 in English and German and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 2003 in English and German and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Onderworpen by
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5 editions published between 2015 and 2016 in Dutch and French and held by 143 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Frankrijk komt de Moslimbroederschap aan de macht en keert het maatschappelijke bestel ondersteboven
5 editions published between 2015 and 2016 in Dutch and French and held by 143 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Frankrijk komt de Moslimbroederschap aan de macht en keert het maatschappelijke bestel ondersteboven
Michel Houellebecq(
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4 editions published in 2004 in French and held by 125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 2004 in French and held by 125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The art of struggle by
Michel Houellebecq(
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14 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in French and English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De la poésie noire, à l'écart des douleurs quotidiennes, qui déblaye les scories d'un optimisme creux
14 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in French and English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De la poésie noire, à l'écart des douleurs quotidiennes, qui déblaye les scories d'un optimisme creux
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Related Identities
- Wesemael, Sabine van Publishing director Author Editor
- Clément, Murielle Lucie Author Editor
- Wynne, Frank Translator
- Bowd, Gavin 1966- Translator
- Stein, Lorin Translator
- Morrey, Douglas Author
- Haan, Martin de 1966- Author of afterword, colophon, etc. Performer Translator Author
- Lévy, Bernard-Henri Author
- Betty, Louis Author
- McCann, John 1956- Author
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Aging Agriculture--Social aspects Alienation (Social psychology) Angot, Christine Authors, French Brothers Canary Islands--Lanzarote Capitalism Cloning Cults Depressed persons Detective and mystery stories Echenoz, Jean Extinction (Biology) Fantasy fiction, American France France--Paris French fiction French literature Houellebecq, Michel Human body (Philosophy) Human body--Social aspects Human cloning Interfaith relations Kidnapping Lévy, Bernard-Henri Longevity--Social aspects Lovecraft, H. P.--(Howard Phillips), Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Michon, Pierre, Modiano, Patrick, Molecular biologists Nihilism Perec, Georges, Philosophy, French Photographers Political campaigns Political corruption Psychological fiction Quality of life Redonnet, Marie Religions Robbe-Grillet, Alain, Sartre, Jean-Paul, Sex tourism Social change Social conditions Social problems Thailand
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Houellebecq, Michel
Houellebecq, Michel, 1956-
Houellebecq, Michel 1958-
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Mişel Uelbek
Mïşelʹ Wélʹbek
Mišels Velbeks
Thomas, Michel
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Uelbek, Mišel
Uėlʹbek, Mišelʹ 1958-
Ueljbjek 1958-
Velbeks, Mišels 1958-
Ṿolbeḳ, Mishel 1958-
Wīlbīk, Mīšīl 1956-
Wīlibīk, Mīšāl 1956-
Μισέλ Ουελμπέκ Γάλλος συγγραφέας
Мишел Уелбек
Мишел Уелбек француски романописец, поет и режисер
Мишель Уэльбек
Мишель Уэльбек французский писатель и поэт
Мішель Уельбек
Мішэль Уэльбек
Тома М
Тома М. 1958-
Уэльбек М.
Уэльбек Мишель
Уэльбек, Мишель, 1958-
Միշել Ուելբեք
Միշել Ուելբեք ֆրանսիացի գրող
וולבק, מישל
וולבק, מישל 1958-
מישל וולבק
מישל וולבק סופר צרפתי
مىيشەل ۋەلبەك
ميشال ويلبك
ميشال ويلبك كاتب فرنسي
میشل ولبک
میشێل وێلبێک
ਮੀਸ਼ੇਲ ਵੇਲਬੇਕ
മൈക്കൽ ഹെയെല്ലെൽബെക് ഫ്രഞ്ച് ചലചിത്ര നടന്
മൈക്കൽ ഹൂലെബെക്ക്
မီရှဲ ဝဲဘက်
მიშელ უელბეკი
미셸 우엘벡
우엘벡, 미셀 1956-
우엘벡, 미셸 1956-
ウエルベック, ミシェル
ミシェル・ウエルベック
米歇爾·維勒貝克
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