What does /lit/ thinks about Michel Houellebecq?

He identifies dominant ideologies in society and then carefully links each of them to what he perceives to be the moral and social decline of the the West. He is at heart a teenager sidelined at a party, who caries this feeling of hurt and alienation with him into adulthood, subtly advocating a return a more romantic and even spiritual society and culture and condemning anything that advertises itself as progressive (women in work), advanced (technology) or liberated (sexual relations). He is a reluctant conservative, an unwilling Puritan. Feeling himself to be defeated and ostrichsized by the society in which he lives and towards which he is expected to contribute, he lives and writes as a form of protest, partly by attacking the ideology it promotes and partly by inviting his readers to both despise and identify with the lecherous, pathetic men he casts as protagonists. While other writes are showing off their ability to organize syllables in such a way that makes a sentence exciting and appealing, and eventually falling back on the theme that life is difficult but love redeeming, Houellebecq is instead insisting that life is at best pointless, at worst a burden that our weak-willed selves are destined to carry until our miserable, ugly and very lonely deaths. While some writers focus on the beauty of the protagonist's female partner and attempts to portray two young lovers and their allegedly tragic and fascinating relationship, Houellebecq ignores this and narrates the gradual decline of an individual whose most prized asset is their erotic potential and the youth with which this potential is indubitably tied. Fantastic writer. Also very good at getting the old hoo-hoo hard. He's blunt. He's intense. He's Fernando Pessoa minus the stoicism. He's Philip Larkin forced to work in an advertising agency. He's Lovecraft without the supernatural sublimation. A cracking bloke. One of the best. By the time you've finished reading and attempt to criticize him, he's already won.

Anonymous 2016-10-17 16:52:31 Post No.8629151
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Anonymous 2016-10-17 16:52:31 Post No.8629151 [Report]

>>8629024
this is a fucking top tier post

"philip larkin forced to work in an advertising agency"

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Anonymous 2016-10-17 17:35:03 Post No.8629254
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>>8628947
no, thats what french males look like

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