Lanzarote

Reads like a dream * Time Out *
Tremendously enjoyable * Times Literary Supplement *
Houellebecq captures the spirit of the age better than any other novelist, or any social historian, writing today * Literary Review *
There is no other writer like him, at the moment, for wit, acuity or the transparent beauty of his prose. His themes are always big and bravely expounded * Spectator *
What Houellebecq has in abundance is an ability to turn commonplace events into high comedy-I enjoyed [Lanzarote] enormously * Sunday Telegraph *
Reading Houellebecq is like being caught up in a tropical storm: you are blown away by the ferocity of his imagination * Observer *

Michel Houellebecq

Michel Houellebecq is a poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the author of several novels, including The Map and the Territory (winner of the Prix Goncourt), Atomised, Platform, Whatever, and Submission. He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 2019.

Frank Wynne

Frank Wynne is an Irish literary translator, writer, and editor. He has translated more than a hundred French and Hispanic novels by authors including Michel Houellebecq, Patrick Modiano, Javier Cercas, and Virginie Despentes. Over a career spanning more than twenty-five years, his work has twice earned him the Dublin Literary Award, he has been awarded the Scott Moncrieff Prize on three occasions, and the Premio Valle Inclan twice. Most recently, his translation of The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers Guild by Mathias Enard won the 2024 French-American Prize. He was the first translator to chair the jury for the International Booker Prize.

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