by Michel Houellebecq · Librio · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782290011522
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«Lanzarote et autres textes» is a collection of short stories by Michel Houellebecq, published by Librio in paperback (96 pages, in French).
A brief narrative in which a French traveller on holiday in Lanzarote observes mass tourism with irony and strikes up conversations with other hotel guests. The volume is completed by additional texts by Houellebecq that reinforce his critical view of contemporary life and the search for meaning.
The book belongs to the Librio collection (number 519). The story «Lanzarote» originally appeared in 2000; this edition is from 2008.
A short read ideal for those wanting to discover Houellebecq's fiction or for followers of contemporary French literature.
Michel Houellebecq is a French author of novels, poems, and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker, and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Houellebecq published his first novel Whatever in 1994 and his second, Atomised, in 1998, to international fame as well as controversy. He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in 1996.
