Houellebecq: Atomized

Atomized (US: The elementary particles) is a harsh radiography of today's society. Showing its often poisonous interactions. Resent, sexual alienation. The emptiness of a handful of beaten characters.

And the End, my Friend: the contemporary narration steps into the near future and magically turns into some kind of existential science-fiction. A great, troubling one.

A hurting thesis is underlying: Human Nature, there is nothing to do about it. It will just be by putting our hands on the human genetic code, manipulating it, transforming ourselves into a new species, no less, that we will finally get out of the valley of tears which is life. A great novel of the late 20th century, certainly not to everyone´s taste. Be warned. 

Atomized (1998). Michel Houellebecq