En serio, Michel Houellebecq, qué clase de escritor vanidoso y retorcido se pone a sí mismo como personaje de su novela para luego ser brutalmente asesinado? Y lo que es peor, de modo pedante (lo del ladrón sibarita que se ensaña con un cuerpo haciendo su propia versión de Pollock me ha llegado a...
Soft pour un livre de Houellebecq, si on fait abstraction des passages - souvent à caractère sexuel - qui se veulent spirituels et qui sont plutôt navrants. Pas un style incroyable, alors se lit vite. Je n'ai pas aimé la façon de l'auteur de se mettre en scène lui-même, qui traduit beaucoup trop ...
Although I did not get absorbed by the story and I had trouble understanding and identifying with the main character, I have to admit that this book is very well written. There is nothing superflous about the writing and I really like it that the language is very clear and straight to the point. ...
Някой би казал, че на места този иначе прецизно обмислен роман губи логичната си нишка - какво става, например, все пак с Олга, а и по отношение на престъплението. Но и в реалния живот е така, твърде често сме свидетели на необясними събития и фатални разминавания. Een prachtig boek dat ik aan ie...
Como escritor de notas de opinión y culturales, hace bastante agua. Su idea de las artes puede entenderse como reaccionaria, (salvo cuando escribe sobre poesía y literatura) pero es fuertemente coherente con toda su concepción de mundo. Copio varios fragmentos que me sirvieron para entenderlo mej...
Empezar a leer un autor nuevo siempre es algo emocionante, nunca sabes exactamente qué puedes esperar de él, si cumplirá tus expectativas, si las rebasará o, en el peor de los casos, si no llegará a ellas. Quizá lo más recomendable es comenzar por el libro que más prestigio parezca tener de todos...
You can interpret this book in several different ways. A lot of people view it as a depressing, hate-filled rant, filled with a really startling amount of unpleasant sex. I'm not saying that that's necessarily incorrect. In fact, my immediate association was with the fictitious books that Morelan...
An 18-rated review of an 18-rated book. If you don’t want to read about the gory details of fleshy entangulations and of bodily fluid by the bucketful, then you need to steer well clear of M. Houellebecq. He’s all about that. The sex is like the worst kind of bad cartoon porn and we can’t possibl...
Do you want to live forever? Most people would say yes. I have to confess immortality tempts me as well. But as with most wishes, this one needs conditionals and caveats to make it truly comfortable. After all, you wouldn't want to be immortal but keep ageing, right? And being immortal alone woul...