Why is this guy seen as a cynic? I've only read Elementary

>>8593471
>He never read whatever.

His cynicism is nasty to the point of caricature, filled with grotesque displays of romanticism.
His views of self-loathing, misanthropy, pessimism, cynicism, and hopelessness in the face of a life that is pointless and only made moreso by the vivid way he describes hollow seductions of sex and consumer capitalism.

>>8593471
I've read all of Houellebecq's full-length novels, and as far as I've been able to understand it, he's a natural romantic who has been made bitter, twisted and cynical by modern life. His characters' romances rarely end happily, and subsequent misanthropy and alienation are pretty much a given.

because his dog died

He sees love as an event only possible under certain conditions. The fact that contemporary society makes love unattainable is why he is so bitter.

I always think of DFW's criticism of Roth/Updike- he seems to think that all the problems in life cold be resolved if only we could instantly have sex with whoever we like

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>>8593471
he is a dynamic writer and plays with each element of describing things to the point where his characters neglect for what they stood once, until they dive into despair. somethings he may be a cynic, but most of all he is dialectic.

>>8593819
Would help me