Houellebecq, Michel

Overview

Works:	357 works in 1,262 publications in 11 languages and 18,352 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Psychological fiction Records and correspondence Humorous stories Domestic fiction
Roles:	Author of introduction, Editor, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Interviewee, Creator, Author of dialog, Adapter, Performer, Director, Film editor, Narrator, Lyricist, Scenarist
Classifications:	PQ2668.O77, 843.914

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Michel Houellebecq

Publications by Michel Houellebecq

Most widely held works about Michel Houellebecq

Michel Houellebecq author of our times by John McCann ( )
Michel Houellebecq sous la loupe by Murielle Lucie Clément ( )
Michel Houellebecq à la Une by Murielle Lucie Clément ( )
Fin de millénaire French fiction : the aesthetics of crisis by Ruth Cruickshank ( Book )
The coming of the body by Hervé Juvin ( Book )

Nihilism by Bülent Diken ( Book )
Michel Houellebecq : humanity and its aftermath by Douglas Morrey ( Book )
Public enemies : dueling writers take on each other and the world by Bernard-Henri Lévy ( Book )
Michel Houellebecq revisité : l'écriture houellebecquienne by Murielle Lucie Clément ( Book )
Michel Houellebecq : le plaisir du texte by Sabine van Wesemael ( Book )
Houellebecq, en fait by Dominique Noguez ( Book )
Écarts de la modernité : le roman français de Sartre à Houellebecq by Sabine Hillen ( Book )
Houellebecq non autorisé : enquête sur un phénomène by Denis Demonpion ( Book )
Houellebecq, sperme et sang by Murielle Lucie Clément ( Book )
Michel Houellebecq, ou, La provocation permanente by Jean-François Patricola ( Book )
Les tiroirs de Michel Houellebecq by Bruno Viard ( Book )
La littérature à vif : le cas Houellebecq by Olivier Bardolle ( Book )
The art of struggle by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
Houellebecq écrivain romantique by Aurélien Bellanger ( Book )
Anti-matter : Michel Houellebecq and depressive realism by Ben Jeffery ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Michel Houellebecq

The map and the territory by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
22 editions published between 2011 and 2013 in English and held by 1,180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Traces the experiences of artist Jed Martin, who rises to international success as a portrait photographer before helping to solve a heinous crime that has lasting repercussions for his loved ones

The possibility of an island by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
18 editions published between 2005 and 2013 in English and held by 978 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A future world in which humankind as we know it has vanished is seen through the eyes of Daniel, a writer who has made a fortune with his comedies capturing the follies and foibles of humankind, and his subsequent clones

The elementary particles by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
11 editions published between 2000 and 2013 in English and held by 903 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

Platform : a novel by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
20 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in English and Danish and held by 869 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

Les particules élémentaires : roman by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
65 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 833 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Zedenschets van de tweede helft van de 20e eeuw aan de hand van de levensgeschiedenis van twee halfbroers, de één een vergeestelijkt wetenschapper, de ander een jachtige erotomaan

Public enemies : dueling writers take on each other and the world by Bernard-Henri Lévy ( Book )
17 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 583 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

La carte et le territoire by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
28 editions published between 2010 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 534 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Jed Martin, acclaimed photographer, emerges from a ten-year hiatus, with a new exhibition -- the exhibition guide is to be written by French novelist Michel Houellebecq -- a self-referential feature that plays with the format of the novel, which seeks to entertain as well as impress

Plateforme : roman by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
31 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in French and held by 522 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Analyse : Roman de société

La possibilité d'une île by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
27 editions published between 2005 and 2013 in French and Spanish and held by 513 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Au XXIe siècle, une secte promettant l'immortalité à ses membres a supplanté les religions traditionnelles. Chacun des adeptes, devenu vieux, se suicide en laissant un échantillon d'ADN et un récit de vie. Cloné indéfiniment tous les 50 ans, il mène plusieurs siècles d'une vie esseulée où les sentiments n'ont pas cours. Une interrogation sur la vie éternelle à travers la vie de Daniel

Whatever : a novel by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
11 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in English and held by 473 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

Extension du domaine de la lutte : roman by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
63 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Analyse : Roman de société

H.P. Lovecraft : against the world, against life by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
9 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and held by 429 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents an essay on the literary horror writer, HP Lovecraft. This book includes two Lovecraft stories and an introduction by Stephen King. This book illuminates both Lovecraft and Houellebecq's own work. It outlines Lovecraft's rejection of the world, infusing the writing with an energy and passion that characterises the author's novel

Atomised by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
10 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in English and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. This is the story of two brothers, but the subject of the novel is in its dismantling of society and its assumptions, a dissection of modern lives and loves

Lanzarote by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
7 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the sector of the holiday market that caters for sun, sangria and house music, not to mention sex, Lanzarote rivals Corfu and Ibiza. Tourism in Lanzarote remains resolutely un-'green' and certainly wholly uncultural; 21st century hedonism, set in a bizarre lunar landscape - Martian, according to the travel agent. On Lanzarote, it is possible to meet some fascinating human specimens - notably Pam and Barbara, 'non-exclusive' German lesbians. Will they succeed in seducing Rudi, the police inspector from Luxembourg, currently living in exile in Brussels? Or will he join the Azraelian sect, as they prepare for humanity to be regenerated by extraterrestrials? As for our narrator, will he consider his week's holiday on the island a success?

H.P. Lovecraft : contre le monde, contre la vie by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
22 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in French and held by 172 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"

Nudes by Thomas Ruff ( Book )
7 editions published in 2003 in English and German and held by 146 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Renaissance by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
8 editions published in 1999 in French and held by 141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Des "poèmes de survie", remplis d'éclairs sauvages, de férocité et de musique

Le sens du combat by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
10 editions published between 1996 and 2004 in French and German and held by 137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De la poésie noire, à l'écart des douleurs quotidiennes, qui déblaye les scories d'un optimisme creux

De kaart en het gebied : roman by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
3 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in Dutch and held by 136 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

Interventions by Michel Houellebecq ( Book )
10 editions published between 1998 and 2002 in French and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Un éloge du cinéma muet, de la connerie de Jacques Prévert ou du salon de la vidéo hot, mais aussi de l'art contemporain et de la création littéraire : ce recueil comprend des textes publiés notamment dans "Les Lettres nouvelles", " Les Inrockuptibles" , "Art Press" et le livret d' "Opera bianca" , oeuvre présentée au Centre Pompidou en septembre 1997

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