Posted on Jan 7, 2022 8:30 AMUpdated Jan 7, 2022, 9:26 AM
Whether it’s windy, rainy or there is a global health crisis and an approaching presidential election, the release of a new book by Michel Houellebecq is always a topic of discussion. From the Germanopratin microcosm to the mainstream media through tweets on Twitter. ” It’s always an event, something apart in literature », Notes Sophie Charnavel, director of Robert Laffont editions.
This Friday, the sixty-five-year-old writer released his eighth novel: “To annihilate”. With a chic cardboard cover (also called “hard cover”) on a very sober white background, this book is a beautiful object, justifying its price of 26 euros. With 300,000 copies printed by Flammarion, this 736-page block is already shaping up to be the major commercial success of this winter literary season. ” I’m just gonna put the books down in my store », Confides a bookseller installed in the 13e district of Paris.