Submission was a masterpiece. That said, this guy hits the nail on the head about Houellebecq’s inherent contradictions. Reminds me of Bukowski in a way. Great interview.
@fritznovak4482
2 ай бұрын
He is in a lot of ways quite similar bukowski. I’ve read a lot of them both, but never really considered the similarities before. Food for thought.
@dimitrikorsakov2570
Жыл бұрын
Great conversation, keep it up, Zoe!
@Quillette
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@benqurayza7872
Жыл бұрын
Houellebecq's adventures with the Dutch "Art Collective" were certainly self-inflicted. But he deserves enormous credit for discussing Islam's challenge to France's Christian heritage and republican values. Islam has assaulted France before. Charles Martel beat back a Moorish invasion at Tours (central France) in 732. The Barbary pirates ravaged the coasts of southern Europe and paralyzed Mediterranean shipping for centuries, prompting the French colonization of North Africa. French elites foolishly imported large numbers of unassimilable North Africans in the 20th century.
@andrewmcleod1684
9 ай бұрын
Charles Martel European hero, Houellebecq toooo?
@daheikkinen
Жыл бұрын
You are the best, Quillette!
@wagner5424
Жыл бұрын
How do these people not know about the Dutch farmers? They seem really uninformed.
@snowyfictions
Жыл бұрын
RJ Smith is great :)
@fugazzetaymantecol8964
4 ай бұрын
He was right all the time.
@lattakia3812
Жыл бұрын
I support Colonisation. It created Australia, USA, NZ and Canada.
@annarboriter
Жыл бұрын
India, Pakistan, etc
@user-yj8gp7og5p
11 ай бұрын
I don't have the same biographical background on Houellebecq so much as the work itself, which always struck me, especially in his earlier work, as a sort of satirical pessimism. There are clearly things he believes but it can be difficult to tell through all the bitter irony. At his core, Houellebecq is an embittered former humanist betrayed by the failed promises of the Enlightenment.
@Ozgipsy
Жыл бұрын
Houellebecq is a prophet of the near future. Almost always. He tapped into the culture and development of France as Jean Raspail did. Sadly, Raspail was hounded to an early death by the people with "correct" opinions.
@cut_thru
Жыл бұрын
🎉🎉
@pdjinne65
Ай бұрын
Michel is a national treasure.
@dirkusmaximus9268
6 ай бұрын
YES, of course !
@andresbucio3819
5 ай бұрын
Atomised is not his first novel
@lynjazz5122
6 ай бұрын
Well, it all sounds REALLY interestin', at least! I mean, c'mon, most writers' lives are, like, sadly disappointing--at least in a public sense, not in a personal sense. If he DIDN'T have any scandals to disclose, THEN I'd be disappointed!
@Necrostrike
Жыл бұрын
Considering that picture you put out of him, yes.
@Quillette
Жыл бұрын
😂😂as RJ says, he wasn't bad looking as a young man!
@dimitrikorsakov2570
Жыл бұрын
Is RJ on Instagram.
@Quillette
Жыл бұрын
I don't belive so but he is on Twitter twitter.com/RJSwrites
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