Just finished Atomised after 2 long sessions and I'm deeply disturbed

>>21937874 (OP)

All of his writing has been retroactively diminished because he got litigious with the Dutch art collective whores, unfortunately. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8tmCQUURiY [Embed]

On the contrary, I find this add to his image.

how? it's just embarrassing. it makes him look stupid for getting tricked, and is totally juxtaposed by the themes in his novels.

all french thinkers since the revolutions are just sex addicts desperate to be told they have insights on life

>>21937874 (OP)

Well it's the only book I've read by him and yeah I was quite disgusted at first by the dreary and depressing pornography and by the arcs of the characters involved, but then it grew on me and I can say it's a book I like (minus the overtly sci-fi ending, but still)

kino

>>21937874 (OP)

Atomised is one of the more prescient and insightful books of the last 30 years. Good book.

>All of his writing has been retroactively diminished because he got litigious with the Dutch art collective whores, unfortunately.

I disagree.

>>21937874 (OP)

Houellebecq is such a good writer, like literally mind blowingly good prose, but at the same time he's a massive pervert, so his books are like 50% brilliant social commentary and 50% 4chan tier incest porn

>>21937874 (OP)

He was right about Euros resorting to appropriating Islam for their interests. Just like they did with Christianity. It's the natural chain reaction to extreme liberalism if you think about it.

>like literally mind blowingly good prose

Huh? Even his fans I think wouldn't claim that.

>>21937874 (OP)

STOP POSTING THIS ANNOYING FRENCH FAGGOT

I enjoyed it, but it also made me a bit depressed and hopeless for a brief period. I wonder what houellebecq would think about tinder and hook up culture these days

That's doesn't change anything. I am well aware of the situation. He lost the court case.

>>21937874 (OP)

Whatever is blackpill the book.

>>21937874 (OP)

Recommend me his books for a newfag.

just pick one they are all basically the same.

Read 72% of Houellebecq's Anéantir. So far it's the most boring book of his I've read (I read Serotonin and Whatever).

If you're excited for the English translation, lower your expectations.

>>21937874 (OP)

Atomised is his best book, I think. Houellebecq seems to me to be a very self-aware boomer who is happy to BTFO "soixante-huitards" but is passing the anti-boomer post-liberal baton to the next generation. He is too damaged by a lifetime of coomerism to take a stand. The future of Europe will be illiberal

what a shame

Read Whatever (Extension du domaine de la lutte). It's his first book, short and sweet. Atomised is good afterwards.

>muh depression

>muh drunk

What lame excuses. 

I still can't help but think this is all an act to promote the film.

i liked it

its houellebecq coping with the imagination of his own death caused by throat cancer (a disease that heavy chain smokers such as him very often get).

besides there is never much happening in houellebecqs' books, its always protagonist goes somewhere and experiences the meaninglessness of life (and if he is lucky gets to have some dirty nihilistic sex).
