This progressive effacement of human relationships is not without certain problems for the novel. How, in point of fact, would one handle the narration of those unbridled passions, stretching over many years, and at times making their effect felt on several generations? Weโre a long way from Wuthering Heights, to say the least. The novel form is not conceived for depicting indifference or nothingness; a flatter, more terse, and dreary discourse would need to be invented.
Michel HouellebecqI don't like this world. I definitely do not like it. The society in which I live disgusts me; advertising sickens me; computers make me puke.
Michel HouellebecqNot having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.
Michel HouellebecqThose who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world.
Michel Houellebecq