| Title | : | The Elementary Particles |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Michel Houellebecq |
| Release | : | 2000-11-07 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Literary Fiction, Books, Fiction & Literature |
| Size | : | 1339475 |
| 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. |
