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An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel–part Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis-that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence. Bruno and Michel are half-brothers abandoned by their mother, an unabashed devotee of the drugged-out free-love world of the sixties. Bruno, the older, has become a raucously promiscuous hedonist himself, while Michel is an emotionally dead molecular biologist wholly immersed in the solitude of his work. Each is ultimately offered a final chance at genuine love, and what unfolds is a brilliantly caustic and unpredictable tale. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne.
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The Elementary Particles, Michel Houellebecq
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- Released
- 2000
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michel Houellebecq
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0375727019
- ISBN13
- 9780375727016
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Love, Philosophy, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Science, France, Erotica, Society, Sexuality & Intimacy, French Literature, Adapted for Film, Brothers, Pain, Molecular Biology, Cloning
- First published
- 1998
- Original title
- Les Particules élémentaires
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel–part Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis-that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence. Bruno and Michel are half-brothers abandoned by their mother, an unabashed devotee of the drugged-out free-love world of the sixties. Bruno, the older, has become a raucously promiscuous hedonist himself, while Michel is an emotionally dead molecular biologist wholly immersed in the solitude of his work. Each is ultimately offered a final chance at genuine love, and what unfolds is a brilliantly caustic and unpredictable tale. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne.