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Annihilation

By Michel Houellebecq

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Annihilation

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A Daily Express Best Book of the Year 'An extended meditation on human frailty and the lack of spirituality in the Western world . . . Houellebecq displays compassion and empathy, and a belief in the redemptive power of love.' - New Statesman 'The most important novelist to have been publishing in all of Europe over the past three decades' - The Sunday Times It is 2027. France is in a state of economic decline and moral decay. As the country plunges into a closely-fought presidential campaign, the French state falls victim to a series of mysterious and unsettling cyberattacks. The sophisticated nature of the attacks leaves the best computer scientists at the DGSI - the French counter-terrorism agency - scrambling for answers. An advisor to the country's Finance Minister, Paul Raison is close to the heart of government. His wife Prudence is a Treasury official, while his father Édouard, now retired, has spent his career working for the DGSI. When Édouard has a stroke, his children have an opportunity to repair their strained relationships, as they determine to free their father from the medical centre where he is wasting away. Michel Houellebecq's Annihilation reveals new sides to his writing, adding compassion and tenderness to the emotions of rage and irony that have powered both him and his earlier works to international fame. 'We have no one to match Houellebecq.' - The Daily Telegraph Translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside Annihilation was a #1 Livres Hebdo bestseller in France w/c 10/01/2022, and a #1 Spiegel bestseller in Germany w/c 24/01/2022
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
526
Release Date:
2025-08-21
Publication Date:
2025-08-21
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1035026414
ISBN13:
9781035026418
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
366 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
194 cm
Thickness:
35 cm
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