The Elementary Particles

The Elementary ParticlesBy: Michel Houellebecq Series: Vintage International An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novelpart Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence. Bruno and Michel are half brothers abandoned by their mother, an unabashed devotee of the drugged out free love world of the sixties. Bruno, the older, has become a raucously promiscuous

By: Michel Houellebecq   | Series: Vintage International 

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An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel–part Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis-that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence.

Bruno and Michel are half-brothers abandoned by their mother, an unabashed devotee of the drugged-out free-love world of the sixties. Bruno, the older, has become a raucously promiscuous hedonist himself, while Michel is an emotionally dead molecular biologist wholly immersed in the solitude of his work. Each is ultimately offered a final chance at genuine love, and what unfolds is a brilliantly caustic and unpredictable tale.

Translated from the French by Frank Wynne.