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Annihilation

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內容簡介 「我們的未來不過是同心圓的衰退：首先是身體衰竭，然後是支持它的體系解體。」——韋勒貝克「民粹主義右派的混亂元素破壞了法國疲憊的自由主義體制，這部小說充滿了悲傷與詭異的寧靜，標誌著新的方向。」——《衛報》故事發生在2027年，法國正陷入經濟衰退和道德墮落的狀態。隨著國家進入一場激烈的總統選戰，法國政府卻遭遇一系列神秘且不安的網路攻擊。保羅·雷松是國家財政部長的顧問，身處政府核心；他的妻子普魯登絲是財政部官員，兩人的關係早已疏遠。保羅的父親政府反恐機構DGSI的退休特工，當父親中風後，保羅和姐姐、弟弟迎來修復關係的契機，決定將父親從消磨著他的醫療中心解救出來；而保羅和妻子的關係也漸有和解的跡象。閱讀韋勒貝克的作品絕不輕鬆。公認為最善捕捉現代歐陸的孤獨精神與虛無氛圍、執拗叩問存在意義的作家，韋勒貝克在這本最新的小說中(作者聲稱是最後一本)探討了眾多主題，從科技到恐怖主義、從性到靈性與宗教、從政治到文學……表面看似政治驚悚故事，時則緊扣愛情與家庭兩種親密關係的力量；而他一直以來對存在意義的追索，在故事的結尾，似乎也有了答案。It is 2027. France is in a state of economic decline and moral decay.As the country plunges into a closely-fought presidential campaign, the French state falls victim to a series of mysterious and unsettling cyberattacks. The sophisticated nature of the attacks leaves the best computer scientists at the DGSI – the French counter-terrorism agency – scrambling for answers.An advisor to the country’s Finance Minister, Paul Raison is close to the heart of government. His wife Prudence is a Treasury official, while his father Édouard, now retired, has spent his career working for the DGSI. When Édouard has a stroke, his children have an opportunity to repair their strained relationships, as they determine to free their father from the medical centre where he is wasting away.Michel Houellebecq’s Annihilation reveals new sides to his writing, adding compassion and tenderness to the emotions of rage and irony that have powered both him and his earlier works to international fame.

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各界推薦 Annihilation leans neither towards hope nor despair, but towards a transcendent serenity – an eerie peace that arises, as everything arises in this novel, in the space to which warring forces give shape ― The GuardianAn extended meditation on human frailty and the lack of spirituality in the Western world . . . Houellebecq displays compassion and empathy, and a belief in the redemptive power of love. ― The New StatesmanSince the start of his literary career, Michel Houellebecq has been viewed in France as a prodigy whom his readers and critics both love hating and hate loving. As well as a bestselling novelist, he has become a social phenomenon: a rock star, a freak, a visionary genius, a political agitator, even, for some, a prophet. ― The Times Literary Supplement

作者介紹

作者介紹 Michel HouellebecqMichel Houellebecq is a novelist, poet and essayist, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer. Acclaimed both in his native France and worldwide, his novels include Atomised, Platform, The Map and the Territory and Submission.

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最佳賣點 : 卡繆之後最重要的法國作家——韋勒貝克(Michel Houellebecq)2024年重磅新作！