The author of Submit has been selected by the prestigious US magazine for its rankings of the most notable books of 2015. In October, the American press had hailed the “fiction satirical “of the writer.
Criticized in France, revered in America. Submit Michel Houellebecq was selected in the “Top 100″ of the most significant books of the year 2015 New York Times . The prestigious US magazine evokes the character “morally complex novel.”
Submit , the Prix Goncourt in 2010 imagines the France of 2022 led by a Muslim president, Mohammed Ben Abbes. Published in January in the chaotic atmosphere of the attacks Charlie Hebdo , the book had created controversy when it was published in France.
“The French have not yet been able to look at the book as a literary work, “deplored a professor of history at Columbia University in the New York Times , with the publication of the translation of the book this fall. And emphasize: “It will take time to read and enjoy French for Submit to fair value. It should be seen for what it is “, namely” a satirical fiction. “
New Yorker the writer had also defended against those who accused him of Islamophobia “Houellebecq is not Islamophobic. It is francophobe. His portrait of the Islamic regime is loving. He loves the softness and security of fundamentalists “
A second French author included in the prestigious ranking. Algerian Kamel Daoud for his book Meursault, against survey . The New York Times welcomes a “rich and inventive” novel “imagine the history of the Arab killed on the beach in The Stranger Camus.” In 2014, Emmanuel Carrère is that took the honors for the magazine Limonov .
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