HOUELLEBECQ, Michel. Atomised. Trans. from the French by Frank Wynne. London: Heinemann. 2000. Small 8vo. First British edition, first printing. Publisher’s blue-green boards lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A fine copy, the cloth clean, the binding tight and unread, the contents fine, the dust jacket unclipped (£12.99) and fine.
The first English language edition of Houllebecq’s most successful work, critically and commercially, a bestseller across much of Europe which catapulted the author into international stardom. The novel follows two estranged half-brothers and their inability to fit into a world of new age philosophies and meaningless sexual encounters—one brother, a molecular scientist, works to essentially eradicate reproduction. Adaptations thus far include a movie, play and TV series.
HOUELLEBECQ, Michel. Atomised. Trans. from the French by Frank Wynne. London: Heinemann. 2000. Small 8vo. First British edition, first printing. Publisher’s blue-green boards lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A fine copy, the cloth clean, the binding tight and unread, the contents fine, the dust jacket unclipped (£12.99) and fine.
The first English language edition of Houllebecq’s most successful work, critically and commercially, a bestseller across much of Europe which catapulted the author into international stardom. The novel follows two estranged half-brothers and their inability to fit into a world of new age philosophies and meaningless sexual encounters—one brother, a molecular scientist, works to essentially eradicate reproduction. Adaptations thus far include a movie, play and TV series.
