Notorious as a novelist, Michel Houellebecq
was first known in France as a poet.
In many ways it is through poetry that he
found his novelist’s voice.
The Art of Struggle is a collection of prose
and verse pieces which investigate issues
of alienation, individualism and disillusionment
– themes that will be familiar to
Houellebecq readers – while subtly adopting
a variety of tones and styles, revealing
facets of the author unknown until now in
the English-speaking world.
Deeply melancholic and despairing at the
inhumanity of the present-day world, yet
brimming with vitality and invention, these
timely, poignant poems clear away the dross
of hollow optimism and call for an end to
the nightmare of modern existence.
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"Houellebecq’s poetry is absorbing and demonstrates a rare tenderness
coupled with an unflinching eye that excavates the body, searching for
the core of being, exposing the bare roots of feelings."
MPT
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Read an excerpt from
The Art of Struggle
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