Heartbreaking scenes: Annihilation, by Michel Houellebecq, reviewed
Annihilation is far from faultless. Yet it’s a novel of massive ambition
Honore de Balzac
Friday
Sunday
Paris is perhaps the greatest character in Balzac’s Human Comedy
Few people can be as familiar with the Paris of Balzac as Eric Hazan, both in its literary manifestation and its lamentably scarce surviving patches
Wednesday
Welcome to Houellebecq's France
His latest book is set in the year 2026 with a sitting president who is transparently Emmanuel Macron