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 Sense of the 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.
- ISBN10 1846881064
- ISBN13 9781846881060
- Publish Date 27 August 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 October 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Alma Books Ltd
- Imprint Herla
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 120
- Language English