{"product_id":"annihilation-hardcover","title":"Annihilation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichel Houellebecq\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShaun Whiteside\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Houellebecq's international bestseller-- a thrilling, ambitious, and unexpectedly tender chronicle of modern existence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 2027. France is in a state of economic decline and moral decay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the country plunges into a contentious presidential race, the government falls victim to a series of mysterious and unsettling cyberattacks in which videos of brutal decapitations and skillfully crafted deepfakes proliferate on the web. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Raison's own troubles are bound up with those of the country. He is an adviser to the finance minister; his wife, Prudence, is a Treasury official; and his father, ?douard, now retired, spent his career in the security services. Paul, badly overworked, is facing the threat of separation from his wife. When his father suddenly suffers a stroke, Paul must depart Paris for his provincial hometown, where he and his siblings now have the opportunity to repair their strained relationships with ?douard as they determine to free him from the decrepit public nursing home where he is wasting away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichel Houellebecq's \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a new dimension of his oeuvre, adding compassion and tenderness to the irony and cutting insight that brought him international fame. Here, we see France's most celebrated novelist taking stock of his country on the eve of great change--asking how, and whether, a society and its people can change course.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Houellebecq\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, a poet, and an essayist, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker, and singer. Acclaimed both in his native France and worldwide, his novels include \u003ci\u003eAtomised\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlatform\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Map and the Territory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSubmission\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShaun Whiteside\u003c\/b\u003e is a Northern Irish translator of French, Dutch, German, and Italian literature. He has translated many novels, including \u003ci\u003eManituana\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAltai \u003c\/i\u003eby Wu Ming, \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend \u003c\/i\u003eby Bernhard Schlink, and \u003ci\u003eMagdalene the Sinner\u003c\/i\u003e by Lilian Faschinger, which won him the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation in 1997.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.68 x 9.21 x 6.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378689077350,"sku":"9780374608422","price":38.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Ah0oWr7HSQ9780374608422.webp?v=1768907635","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/annihilation-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}