Michel Houellebecq's Lanzarote is a short, bleak novella, narrated by a man on a package holiday on the Canary island of Lanzarote, where he meets two German women and a Belgian man. The tone is deadpan, noting the empty landscape, the tourist routines and the narrator's own indifference. It is published together with other short texts by Houellebecq, including pieces of fiction and non-fiction, such as an essay on a film project and observations about modern life.
It is for readers who already know Houellebecq's novels and want a compact sample of his sensibility, or for those who like French writing about alienation and leisure. It is not an uplifting read, but a sharp one.
Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Librio
- ISBN
- 9782290011522
- Language
- FR
