What's Weird about Michel Houellebecq? Lovecraft and beyond

In our first deep exploration, French Weird discovers the unexpected Weird in the work of notorious novelist Michel Houellebecq. Our starting point is his devotion to the work of a certain H. P. Lovecraft.For more information, visit www.frenchweird.com Reading listHouellebecq, Michel. Whatever. Translated by Paul Hammond, Serpent’s Tail, 1998.Houellebecq, Michel. H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life. Translated by Dorna Khazeni, Believer Books, 2005.Houellebecq, Michel. Atomised. Translated by Frank Wynne, William Heinemann, 2000.Houellebecq, Michel. The Map and the Territory. Translated by Gavin Bowd, Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.Houellebecq, Michel. Submission. Translated by Lorin Stein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.Houellebecq, Michel. Annihilation. Translated by Shaun Whiteside, Picador, 2024.If you'd like to send French Weird a short voice note, you can do so here