Fiction & Literature
The Elementary Particles
Michel Houellebecq
Synopsis
Two half-brothers follow sharply different paths through the second half of the twentieth century: one toward scientific abstraction, the other toward restless sexual pursuit. Their parallel lives become a bleak examination of intimacy, individualism and the promises of modern freedom.
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