Tag Houllebecq

Three extracts

From Tristram Shandy by Lawrence Sterne: But of all names in the universe he [Tristram’s father] had the most unconquerable aversion for TRISTRAM;—he had the lowest and most contemptible opinion of it of any thing in the world,—thinking it could…

Rereading Les Particules élémentaires

One of the two protagonists in Atomized by Michel Houellebecq reminisces: Oh, maybe I felt a little sad—but in a very general sort of way. “God Himself cannot undo that which has been done,” as some Catholic writer said somewhere.…