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The Elementary Particles
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The Elementary Particles

novel by Houellebecq
Also known as: “Atomised”, “Les Particules élémentaires”
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  • Michel Houellebecq
    Michel Houellebecq
    / Writing career and books

    …the United Kingdom and as The Elementary Particles in the United States. In it he presented two half brothers who were abandoned by their parents in childhood. Bruno is driven by an insatiable sexual appetite, while Michel, a scientist, avoids the issue of any attachment whatsoever by focusing his attention…

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    …the United Kingdom and as The Elementary Particles in the United States. In it he presented two half brothers who were abandoned by their parents in childhood. Bruno is driven by an insatiable sexual appetite, while Michel, a scientist, avoids the issue of any attachment whatsoever by focusing his attention…

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