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06/09/2005
French author Houellebecq snubs critics
Michel Houellebecq, France's most inflammatory novelist, snubbed French literary critics last week when he launched his new book amidst an intense campaign of secrecy.
La Possibilite d'Une Ile (The Possibility of an Island) was published last Thursday.
According to The Guardian newspaper, Houellebecq's publisher Fayard only sent review copies of the book to 15 critics who would be considered fans of the author.
"Passions are running high," said a worker from the Left Bank publishing houses, quoted in The Guardian.
"Either you love Houellebecq and consider him a misunderstood hero, like Sartre or Celine. Or you loathe him for being too commercial. The secrecy and favouritism by Fayard has been too much to bear."
Houellebecq is the author of international best-sellers Atomised, winner of the 2002 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and Platform.
Bibliofemme reviews: Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
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