by Michel Houellebecq · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422682189
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«Las partículas elementales» is the novel by Michel Houellebecq published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (316 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows two half-brothers: Michel, a withdrawn and asexual molecular biologist, and Bruno, a teacher obsessed with sex. Their lives, marked by loneliness, illustrate the decline of Western society, the loss of traditional values, and the impact of science and technology on the human condition.
Originally published in French as 'Les Particules élémentaires' in 1998; translation by Encarna Castejón. Winner of the Dublin Literary Award in 2002.
For readers of contemporary fiction and literary fiction, also for those seeking narrative with a philosophical background.
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.
