Lanzarote (Compactos Anagrama, #394)

by Michel Houellebecq

Javier Calzada (Translator) and Javier Calzada Jiménez (Translator)

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In the follow-up to his hugely successful and Impac award-winning Atomised, Michel Houellebecq explores the hedonism of Lanzarote, the archetypal holiday island, in a book that is as blisteringly funny and acid as his novel. In the sector of the holiday market that caters for sun, sangria and house music, not to mention sex, Lanzarote rivals Corfu and Ibiza. Tourism in Lanzarote remains resolutely ungreen and certainly wholly uncultural, 21st century hedonism, set in a bizarre lunar landscape - Martian, according to the travel agent. On Lanzarote, one can meet some fascinating human specimens - notably Pam and Barbara, 'non-exclusive' German lesbians - who can give rise to some interesting combinations. Will they succeed in seducing Rudi, the police inspector from Luxembourg, currently living in exile in Brussels. Or will he join the 'azraelian' sect, as they prepare for humanity to be regenerated by extra-terrestrials? As for our narrator, will he consider his week's holiday on the island a success?
  • ISBN10 8433972480
  • ISBN13 9788433972484
  • Publish Date 1 June 2006 (first published 3 July 2003)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Imprint Anagrama
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 109
  • Language Spanish