Extension du domaine de la lutte
by Michel Houellebecq · first published 1994
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"Ever found yourself all at sea at work? Suffered from information overload?" "If you have, Houellebecq's grim, funny and clever tongue-in-cheek exploration of corporate jargon, psychobabble and the ineffectual use of long words is for you." "Just thirty, with a well-paid job and no love-life, our narrator smokes 4 packs of cigarettes a day and writes weird animal stories - cows and all - in his spare time. He's tolerably content in his boredom - until he's packed off with the unimaginably ugly Raphael Tisserand to train provincial civil servants in the use of a new computer system."--BOOK JAC
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Michel Houellebecq (especially his first "Whatever", original title "Extension du domaine de la lutte", "Extension of the domain of the fight") should be obligatory reading for everybody, as it deals exactly with these issues- from a rather cynical and depressing point of view, of course.
on “Explaining Sex Rate Changes” ↗…extension to all ages and all classes of society. Sexual liberalism is likewise an extension of the domain of the struggle, its extension to all ages and all classes of society.” ― Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte
on “On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness” ↗…extension to all ages and all classes of society. Sexual liberalism is likewise an extension of the domain of the struggle, its extension to all ages and all classes of society. ― Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte
on “Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows” ↗…extension to all ages and all classes of society. Sexual liberalism is likewise an extension of the domain of the struggle, its extension to all ages and all classes of society.” ― Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte
on “Sexual loneliness: A neglected public health problem?” ↗…extension to all ages and all classes of society. Sexual liberalism is likewise an extension of the domain of the struggle, its extension to all ages and all classes of society.” ― Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte
on “Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless?” ↗"Les relations humaines deviennent progressivement impossibles" Houellebecq - Extension du domaine de la lutte
on “Share of 40-year-olds in US who have never married reaches new high” ↗I thought you were too lazy to look up the English title of his book “Extension du domaine de la lutte”, but it really was translated as “Whatever”!
on “Sex is going out of fashion?” ↗