Blogs about: Michel Houellebecq

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The Hardy Boys: Mystery of the Missing Bastard Son

lmiall wrote 5 days ago: This is the first time I have put this rather sordid story online since doing a first draft back in … more →

Tags: writing, Bayport Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, Franklin Dixon, Hardy Boys

Economisch geloof in de kunst?

suki wrote 1 week ago: Recentelijk stuitte ik op een rapport dat in opdracht van de Arts Council door Centre for Economic a … more →

Tags: My remarks, Arts Council, Follow the Money, david hollanders, aan economie van niet te ontsnappen, De kaart en het gebied

Grrrl Crushing Hard on Cat Marnell

baby_fu wrote 1 week ago: Recently I’ve become obsessed with Cat Marnell. Not heard of her? Well, you’re probably hanging out … more →

Tags: cat marnell, Jane Pratt, Joan Vollmer, bukowski, beat movement, vice, xojane

UGH, MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ, UGH UGH1 comment

thenewcomer wrote 3 weeks ago: “The squaw ran off, returned with two little brats, one on each hip, and rocked them gently. T … more →

Tags: Blogging, Atomised, Books, Favourite Authors, Good Books, Iris Murdoch, The Elementary Particle, what not to read, What to Read

Links of the Week

Anthony wrote 3 weeks ago: Many of these links have been tweeted in the past, but here I can tag and categorise them for future … more →

Tags: 20th Century, 21st Century, American Literature, Art, Czech literature, English Literature, French Literature, german literature, Irish literature

Konyvfesztival Budapest

modrovich wrote 3 weeks ago: This was a blast! The 20th International Book Festival in Budapest was a great place to be last week … more →

Tags: live, Catfish Stew, könyvfesztivál, budapest, Karinthy- Ferenc, milenáris park, European First Novel Festival, Epépé

Copie conforme.

greghainge wrote 1 month ago: In a story that is almost too fitting, once upon a time I promised a piece to someone for an artist … more →

Tags: Jean Baudrillard, Jorge Luis Borges, la carte et le territoire, A Universal History of Infamy, Of Exactitude in Science, simulacra and simulation

Book Launch, Michel Houellebecq, dialogues with Fabianni Belemuski

nicolekrivatz wrote 1 month ago: Book Launch, Michel Houellebecq, dialogues with Fabianni Belemuski Niram Art Publishing House announ … more →

Tags: Literature, Book Launch, fabianni belemuski, Niram Art Publishing House, Rita Martorell

Background Reading for a Novel-in-Progess

AS wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been feeling anxious about the many things I’m juggling at the moment, so I just di … more →

Tags: Fiction, journal-y, writing, Reading, Pictures], Books, Food, anxiety reduction, ArtistTrust

Literary roundup: Budapest bookfest, Polish crime writing and a literary fabrication

literalab wrote 1 month ago: The 20th International Book Festival Budapest runs from April 18 to 21 with Italy as the country Gue … more →

Tags: Literary Events, News, a grain of truth, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, dickens, Dostoevsky, Feature, György Konrad, György Spiró

Michel Houellebecq. The Art of Fiction/ El arte de la Ficción.

distrito47 wrote 1 month ago: Michel Houellebecq was born on the French island of La Réunion, near Madagascar, in 1958. As his off … more →

Tags: Books & Literature, The Elementary Particles, Houellebecq, La Reunion, Platform, Plataforma, Las partículas elementales, The Possibility of an Island, La posibilidad de una isla

Reinventing Michel Houellebecq and the Knitting Circles of the Future

ranbirsidhu wrote 1 month ago: Or my take on a tweaked title: The Possibility of a Purl Michel Houellebecq‘s unrelenting examinatio … more →

Tags: Books, Lists, Fiction, apocalyptic visions, Authors, knitting circles, sex, boredom

The 25 Greatest Quotes About Writing29 comments

Thought Catalog wrote 1 month ago: Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. Mark Twain I only achieve simplici … more →

Tags: Culture, alain robbe-grillet, Anais Nin, Charles Baudelaire, Clarice Lispector, David Foster Wallace, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, f. scott fitzgerald

Murakami and Houellebecq lead 2013 Impac award shortlist

Bookblurb wrote 1 month ago: Ten novelists in all are left in contention for the prestigious €100,000 prize. By Alison Flood Tita … more →

Tags: Literary Prizes, alison flood, the guardian, haruki murakami, Andrew Miller, karen russell, julie otsuka, Kevin Barry, impac award

"The Elementary Particles" by Michel Houellebecq

Milica Chotra wrote 1 month ago: “The universe is merely a chance arrangement of elementary particles. A transitory image in th … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, H. P. Lovecraft, Pessimism, Science Fiction

Make Up To Zero Dollars A Week On Your Computer, Without Leaving Home27 comments

delicioustacos wrote 1 month ago: A DUDE asks: I was reading your hilarious OKCupid Opener post, and was thinking that if I’d se … more →

Tags: Work 2, David Foster Wallace, jezebel, charles motherfucking bukowski, Joan Didon, Lindy West, raccoon cock, Taki Theodoracopulos

Particule elementare cu hipioți

fotografiidincuvinte wrote 1 month ago: Michel Houellebecq în „Particule elementare”,  ironizează perioada hipiotă și modul în care sexul es … more →

Tags: azi, particuleelementare, hipioti, MaKe LoVe NO WaR

O mapa e o territorio.

ocadelo wrote 2 months ago: p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Para falar da ata o de agora última novela de Houellebecq, supoño que t … more →

Tags: Literatura, O Mapa e o Território

Why the French trump the Brits on sex – but they don’t always get it right

lizziecmporter wrote 2 months ago: I’d still choose French sex over British tittle-tattle any day, but Gallic genes don’t mean th … more →

Tags: Ideas!, Julian Barnes, sex, Marquis de Sade, French Literature, Denis Diderot


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