{"product_id":"interventions-2020-paperback-softback-9781509549962","title":"Interventions 2020 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509549962","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInterventions 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichel Houellebecq (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509549962, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e314 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most famous French novelist of his generation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An author who captures the times like no other.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Fascinating\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuro News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"The author has a rare power: the ability to predict at least the general form of the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeign Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"these essays are a good place to get acquainted with that voice, acidic, pitiless, but too full of humor and awareness to shy from\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Local Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"boasts an array of subjects of great depth and provocation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe death of God in the West was the prelude to a metaphysical soap opera that continues to this day. Christianity’s masterstroke was to combine a fierce belief in the individual with the promise of eternal participation in the Absolute. When that dream evaporated, various attempts were made to offer the individual a minimum of being. The latest of these attempts is advertising, which seeks to arouse desire and transform the subject into a docile phantom, doomed to follow advertising’s every whim. But, like all previous attempts, this superficial participation in the world fails, and unhappiness and depression continue to spread. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe can all produce a cold revolution in ourselves, however, by stepping outside the flow of information and advertising. We need to take some time out, unplug the television, turn off our smartphones, stop buying stuff and adopt an aesthetic attitude to the world. We just need to stay still for a few seconds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is one of the key themes developed by Michel Houellebecq in this collection of his texts and interviews from the last three decades. Here he explains and elaborates his point of view, discusses his novels and addresses a wide range of topics from politics, religion and literature to suicide, euthanasia and paedophilia. An indispensable book for anyone interested in the work of one of the most widely read and controversial novelists of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Jacques Prévert is a jerk\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Mirage by Jean-Claude Guiguet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Approaches to distress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Staring into the distance: in praise of silent cinema\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Interview with Jean-Yves Jouannais and Christophe Duchâtel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Art as peeling\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e 7. Creative absurdity\u003cbr\u003e                  \u003cbr\u003e 8. The party\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Time out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Opera bianca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. Letter to Lakis Proguidis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. The question of paedophilia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13. Humanity, the second stage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14. Empty heavens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15. I have a dream\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. Neil Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 17. Interview with Christian Authier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 18. I don’t love myself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 19. Sky, earth, sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 20. Leaving the twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 21. Philippe Muray in 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 22. Towards a semi-rehabilitation of the hick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 23. Conservatism, a source of progress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 24. Prolegomena to positivism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 25. I’m normal. A normal writer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 26. I have read my whole life long\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 27. Soil cutting\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 28. The lost text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 29. Interview with Frédéric Beigbeder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 30. A remedy for the exhaustion of being\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 31. Interview with Marin De Viry and Valérie Toranian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 32. Interview with Agathe Novak-Lechevalier\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 33. Emmanuel Carrère and the problem of goodness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 34. Donald Trump is a good president\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 35. Conversation with Geoffroy Lejeune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 36. A bit worse. A response to a few friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 37. The Vincent Lambert affair should not have taken place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSources\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Language: reference \u0026amp; general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language: reference \u0026amp; general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language:%20reference%20\u0026amp;%20general%20%5BCB%5D%22\"\u003eCB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453528404248,"sku":"9781509549962","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509549962.jpg?v=1785285809","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/interventions-2020-paperback-softback-9781509549962","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}