by Michel Houellebecq · Orion Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780753820711
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«The Possibility of an Island» is the science fiction novel by Michel Houellebecq, published by Orion Publishing Group in paperback (423 pages).
Daniel, a famous stand-up comedian who provokes audiences and ends up despising humanity, nevertheless believes in love. A thousand years later, his clone Daniel24, isolated in a devastated world with his cloned dog Fox, tries to decipher his predecessor's life while reflecting on love, sex, suffering and regret.
This English edition was published in 2006; the original work received the Prix Interallié.
For readers of dystopian science fiction and contemporary literature seeking an acerbic and philosophical reflection on humanity.
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.
