Possibility of an Island

Name: Possibility of an Island
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ISBN: 9780307263490

ISBN-10: 0307263495

ISBN-13: 9780307263490

Edition: 2006

Authors: Michel Houellebecq, Gavin Bowd

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A worldwide phenomenon and the most famous French novelist since Camus, Michel Houellebecq now delivers his magnum opus--a tale of our present circumstances told from the future, when humanity as we know it has vanished. Having made a fortune producing comedies that skewer mankind's consumerism, religious fundamentalism, sexual profligacy, and other affronts, Daniel is forty before he falls prey to the human condition himself: his beloved's body sags with age, their marriage dissolves, and true happiness seems a luxury reserved for their dog, Fox. After the colossal failure of his second great love affair, he joins a cult of health fanatics determined to produce a misery-free eternal…

Book details

Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/23/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Michel Houellebecq's first novel, Whatever, was followed by two collections of poetry and a book of essays. He lives in Dublin.