A new broadcast revisits a novel by contemporary French author and essayist Michel Houellebecq, telling the story of a photographer who incorporates the author himself into his work as he seeks new artistic expression. The program airs in celebration of the author’s 70th birthday: Michel Houellebecq was born on February 26, 1956, in Saint-Pierre, on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. The broadcast will be available online for eight weeks following its initial air date.
Účinkuje: Jan Hájek
Připravila: Kristina Žantovská
Překlad: Alan Beguivin
Režie: Kristina Žantovská
Natočeno: 2015
When French novelist, poet and essayist Michel Houellebecq released his fifth novel, Map and Territory, in 2010, he surprised readers and critics alike: it was the first book to omit his signature explicit sexual scenes. The novel earned the author the prestigious Goncourt Prize.
Houellebecq is one of those authors who draws a large readership to literature today. Some critics dismiss his work, while others adore it and place him on a pedestal. Now, listeners will have the opportunity to revisit his work with a rebroadcast of a twelve-part serialized reading, originally recorded in 2015.
