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Reviewed in Spain on November 24, 2024
Houellebecq hace mucho que debería tener el Nobel.Es exquisito.
nic
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2024
Way too short to be charged this much unless you want the complete works of houellebecq you can skip this one
Bart
Reviewed in Germany on April 19, 2021
Fun story, rather thin. A bit pricey considering it's such a thin book.
Biggles Hale
Reviewed in Australia on July 13, 2020
Thought this would be meaningful after hearing that the author had some insights. Some meaningless shock value, cynical, sardonic. A pity.
Lord Ulf Skei
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2019
Yes. This is a work of interest for exploring Houellebecq. I would say it is a dress rehearsal for the possibility of an island, perhaps. Rather brief, and the Elohim is the Anakim here, but the work towards the sect and the centre on the Island is part of it. It is interesting, following the evolution of an idea somehow. I haven't checked the timeline of these two works, but that's how I feel about it. The author trying out some new ideas that have yet to evolve.
Ton van Naerssen
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2018
The story is nothing but the style of writing is excellent.
Agnes
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2018
Very interesting but sooo short- what a pity!
Yellow michigan
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017
I am very glad it was a short book.
Michael
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2016
Lanzarote is not a mythical island in the Atlantic. It's an actual destination and every detail is this book is for the most part accurate. I read this brief novel with the aid of a map, tracing routes and destinations as I went along. The narrative is fully developed, funny as hell, and poignant in its examination of a man searching for some sense in his own experience. Of course, he is disappointed even if the reader is not. His misery is our enjoyment.
Ernst O.
Reviewed in Germany on November 15, 2015
It is a small book, you may read it on a short flight to Lanzarote. Many of H's impressions of the island are easy to share when you face reality though it is a work of fiction it contains lots of (very precisely described) reality.And of course it is a true H. too - with all his key topics, like sex, loneliness, strange, sad and bored people searching for meaning in life - and the trial to find some meaning in spiritual, philosophical or just physical encounters and experiments. H.s readers will also find tiny bits of witty, socio-psychological desciptions with typical H.-humour.Absolutely nothing to complain, definitely worth a read.
Christopher W
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2014
This novel of Houellebecq has many of the same qualities of his other writing, although it is less sordid is is also very short. Worth reading for the die hard Houellebecq fan.
number23
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2013
he's a dispassionately passionate writer. searing while remaining kind of cold and reptilian. writes about sex like it's the end of the world. great book by a prototypically funny, french nihilist.
Mobpolitics
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2009
As with other Houellebecq novels, this one has moments of cynical wisdom and hilarious black humor. However, the scope of the book is a bit limited, and seems to be a supplement (or extra chapter) for 'The Possibility of an Island.'If you want to read a great Houellebecq novella, go with 'Whatever.' It's plot is self-contained. Regardless, 'Lanzarote' is a great snack, and can be read in 2 - 4 hours.
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