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"Supunere", de Michel Houellebecq
"Submission", by Michel Houellebech

Author(s): Silvia Munteanu
Subject(s): Book-Review
Published by: Asociația Cultural Științifică „Dimitrie Ghika-Comănești”
Keywords: antihero; Apocalypse; migration; political fiction; submission;

Summary/Abstract: The present review tries to establish the value of the novel of Michel Houellebecq, entitled Submission. This book is a novel of a superb poetry of apocalypse, a visionary dystopia which presents the legitimate installation of a moderate Muslim government. The Sorbonne will become a Muslim university, so the career of the main character becomes dependent on a possible religious conversion. After reading this novel, it seems that we are invite to refl ect about the decline of contemporary society and our unconscious need for obedience.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 433-435
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Romanian