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Houellebecq is the Stephen King of France.

>> No.12093036
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12093036

Cringe is the Reddit of Donald Trump.
Prove me wrong. You literally can't.

>> No.12093125

>>12093027
>Houellebecq is the... King... France[!]
true

>> No.12093172

>>12093027
He started as a poet, so no. He's a real deal. A true writer.

>> No.12093275

Someone had to say it.
they are both decent writers....but its shit you would read if you're stuck in an airport. its not serious reading.
why you people shit on writers like king but praise houellebecq is beyond me. unbelievable.

>> No.12093277

>>12093172
I'm a poet. I'm the real deal

>> No.12093286

>>12093027
No.
>>12093275
Please hang yourself

>> No.12093299

>>12093286
he's not a bad writer.... but like king, he's not great

>> No.12093303

>>12093299
but unlike king, he's not bad.

>> No.12093314

>>12093299
>he's not a bad writer
Stephen King is a bad writer
>he's not great
He is one of the greatest writers of the last 50 years undoubtedly. Far more talented than Roth or Gaddis.

>> No.12093317

>>12093036
sauce?

>> No.12093333

>>12093314
>Far more talented than Roth or Gaddis.
don't be silly.
i bet you can't even read french

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>>12093333
hon hon hon

>> No.12093435

>>12093333
I can and he shits on everyone else mentioned on this thread.

>> No.12093441

Where to start with Houellebecq?
I speak French if that makes any difference.

Also I read the premise of Submission and thought my southern conservative dad might get a kick out of it. Should I buy it for him for Christmas (in english)?

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>>12093027
But Stephen King is a cucked faggot, Houellebecq represents the intellectual vanguard of the incel movement and has massive influence and talent.

>> No.12093453

>>12093445
So how are they different?

>> No.12093454

he has unorthodox ideas and is bold enough to voice them, but he's not amazing as a writer. worth reading, though, unlike king

>> No.12093467

>>12093453
King is anti-Trump but Houllebecq is a crypto-Traditionalist-accelerationist

>> No.12093476

>>12093027
>the shit /lit/ says this days

>> No.12093521

>>12093027
King is more of a pure storyteller, the kind of writer whose stories people from all walks of life can enjoy. Houellebecq has all but cemented himself as a member of the literary canon. They're both good writers, but they don't really have much in common, unless you mean to compare him to King solely because he's popular.

>> No.12093525

>>12093467
Traditionalism and accelerationism are incompatible.

>> No.12093563

>>12093333
>>12093314
>Gaddis
y u compare Houllebecq to guy born two generations before him

>> No.12093780

>>12093441
someone please answer me

>> No.12093783

>>12093441
Start with Elementary Particles.

>> No.12093794

>>12093441
I would start at the beginning, with his first novel, a short book called Extension du domaine de la lutte, translated strangely to Whatever. And if you like that move on to his second novel, Les Particules élémentaires. The fans of Houellebecq I know agree with me that those are his two best novels.

>> No.12094738

>>12093441
if it helps, I gave my conservative dad Submission and he loved it

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>>12093441
I read them mostly in order with good results. I think My favorites are Whatever and The Map and the Territory.

>> No.12094779

>>12093027
This is the most retarded shit i've read today. Kill thyself.

>> No.12094798

>>12093027
You're that dumb cunt incel or roastie that's been trying associate the quality of Houellebecq with the likes of King for what is months now. Pathetic. Give up.