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Plateforme

Plateforme

by Michel Houellebecq

2002Liebesfa higkeitBelletristische DarstellungFerienzentrumLiebesfähigkeitSocial life and customs
3.2
Open Library
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First lines

Father died last year.

Father died last year.

About this book

"Michel Renault is a human void. Following the death of the father he barely knew, he endures his civil service job while eking out an existence of prepackaged pleasure, hollow friendships, TV dinners, and pornography. On a group holiday in Thailand, however, he meets the shyly compelling Valerie, who soon pursues an agenda that Michel himself could never have thought possible: his own humanization." "Back in Paris, they plunge into an affair that strays into S&M, public sex, and partner swapping, even as they devise a scheme to save Valerie's ailing travel company by capitalizing on the only trade Michel has seen flourish in the third World. Before long, he quits his job, and their business model for "sex tourism" is gradually implemented. But when they return to Thailand, where Michel's philosophy will be put into practice, he discovers that sex is neither the most consuming nor dangerous of passions."--BOOK JACKET

Themes & subjects

Liebesfa higkeitBelletristische DarstellungFerienzentrumLiebesfähigkeitSocial life and customsSex tourism
First published 2002

Setting

ThailandFrance20th century1986-1986

About the author

Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq

26 février 1956

Michel Thomas, dit Michel Houellebecq est un écrivain, poète, essayiste et acteur français né le 26 février 1956 à Saint-Pierre (La Réunion). Il est révélé par les romans *Extension du domaine de la lutte* (1994) et surtout *Les Particules élémentaires* (1998), qui le fait connaître d'un large public. Ce dernier roman et son livre suivant *Plateforme* (2001) sont considérés comme précurseurs dans la littérature française, notamment pour leur description de la misère affective et sexuelle de l'homme occidental dans les années 1990 et 2000. Avec *La Carte et le Territoire,* Michel Houellebecq reçoit le prix Goncourt en 2010, après avoir été plusieurs fois pressenti pour ce prix. Son œuvre est …

Author

Michel Houellebecq

First published

2002

Pages

327

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

22

Languages

English, French, German

Publisher

Vintage

ISBN

9783832161767

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