by Michel Houellebecq, Carlos Vieira da Silva · Bertrand Editora · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722512411
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«Plataforma» is the novel by Michel Houellebecq translated into Portuguese by Carlos Vieira da Silva, in paperback (280 pages, published by Bertrand Editora).
Michel, an apathetic and cynical Parisian civil servant, inherits a fortune after his father's death and travels to Thailand. There he meets Valérie, an executive at a travel agency; together they promote a network of sex tourism resorts. The novel criticises the hypocrisy of Western society and its idealisation of pleasure.
Third novel by Michel Houellebecq. Included in Portugal's National Reading Plan for adults over 18.
For adult readers seeking a provocative novel and an acerbic reflection on tourism and contemporary society.
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.
