The Possibility of an Island

The Possibility of an Island

A worldwide phenomenon and the most famous French novelist since Camus, Michel Houellebecq now delivers his magnum opusâ€”a tale of our present circumstances told from the future, when humanity as we know it has vanished.

Having made a fortune producing comedies that skewer mankindâ€™s consumerism, religious fundamentalism, sexual profligacy, and other affronts, Daniel is forty before he falls prey to the human condition himself: his belovedâ€™s body sags with age, their marriage dissolves, and true happiness seems a luxury reserved for their dog, Fox. After the colossal failure of his second great love affair, he joins a cult of health fanatics determined to produce a misery-free eternal lifeâ€”manifested here in the voices of Danielâ€™s subsequent clones, who enjoy the umpteenth Foxâ€™s companionship but shun the bands of fugitive â€œhumansâ€ on the horizon. Their commentary on Danielâ€™s fate, and on the race as a whole, illuminates the basic tenets of our existenceâ€”laughter, tears, love, remorseâ€”and their nostalgia for such emotions, all of which have long since disappeared.

Laugh-out-loud funny, philosophically compelling, and flatly heartbreaking, The Possibility of an Island is at once an indictment, an elegy, and a celebration of everything we have and are at risk of losing.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2006-05-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307263490

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2006-05-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307263490

The Possibility of an Island

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