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2007 Nominated

The Possibility of an Island

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Who among you deserves eternal life?’
Houellebecq’s dazzling new novel, which moves between Paris, Andalucia and Lanzarotte, and between the near and far-distant future, is a thought provoking, sometimes shocking, and ultimately moving examination of the modern world, the trials of old age and the death of love. Written with the ferocity and candour that has characterised all his work, it will delight Houellebeq’s fans, and win him many thousands more.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Michel
Houellebecq

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Gavin
Bowd

Gavin Bowd teaches French at St Andrews University. He has written widely on Scottish, French, and Romanian culture and politics. He is also a poet, fiction writer, and journalist. He is the translator of Michel Houllebecq’s novels The Possibility of an Island and The Map and the Territory, and has been shortlisted for the prestigious International Dublin Literary Award.

Gavin Bowd teaches French at St Andrews University. He has written widely on Scottish, French, and Romanian culture and politics. He is also a poet, fiction writer, and journalist. He is the translator of Michel Houllebecq’s novels The Possibility of an Island and The Map and the Territory, and has been shortlisted for the prestigious International Dublin Literary Award.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
France
Original Language
French
Publisher
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Translator
Gavin Bowd

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