/lit/ - Literature

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As far as I understand there was some remark about his wife hiring Moroccan prostitutes that they didn't want made public? I think I speak for all Hollaback fanboys when I say I'm bewildered why he thinks his reputation is gonna be tarnished by that; we all assumed as much if not worse.

Why did Houellebecq's wife name herself "Lysis?" First of all, that dialogue is extremely homoerotic which makes it weird. Second of all, the entire dialogue is centered around how Hippothales is obsessed with Lysis but Lysis thinks he is repulsive and disgusting. It is extremely Freudian of her to use that as her name. It sort of implies she is herself disgusted by her husband.