Cover of Public Enemies

Public Enemies

by Unknown Author

300 pages2011Atlantic Books, LimitedISBN 9781848877559

About this book

In 2008, two of the most celebrated of French intellectuals began a ferocious exchange of letters. In their inimitably confrontational correspondence, they lock horns on everything, including literature, sex, politics, family, fame and even - naturally - themselves. This title features their letters.

Publication Details

Publisher
Atlantic Books, Limited
Published
2011
Pages
300
ISBN
9781848877559

About Unknown Author

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 traduite en plus de 40 langues. ---------- Michel Thomas, known as Michel Houellebecq, is a French writer, poet, essayist, and actor born on February 26, 1956, in Saint-Pierre, Réunion. He rose to prominence with the novels *Whatever* *(Extension du domaine de la lutte,* 1994) and especially *The Elementary Particles* *(Les Particules élémentaires,* 1998), which brought him to the attention of a wide audience. The latter novel and his subsequent book, *Platform* (2001), are considered groundbreaking in French literature, particularly for their depiction of the emotional and sexual deprivation of Western man in the 1990s and 2000s. With *The Map and the Territory* *(La Carte et le Territoire),* Michel Houellebecq received the Prix Goncourt in 2010, after having been a contender several times. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.

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