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Platform

Platform is a novel by French writer Michel Houellebecq . It has received both great praise and great criticism, most notably for the novel's apparent condoning of sex tourism and anti-Muslim feelings. The author was charged for inciting racial and religious hatred after describing Islam as "stupid", but saw charges dismissed. A play in Spanish based on the book, adapted and directed by Calixto Bieito, premiered at the 2006 Edinburgh International Festival. The story is the first-person narrative of a fictional character named Michel Renault.

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Author:Michel Houellebecq
Genre:Fiction
Number of editions:11

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Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq
Age:56
Birthplace:Réunion Island

Michel Houellebecq , born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1958—or 1956 —on the French island of Réunion, is a controversial and award-winning French author, filmmaker and poet. To admirers he is a writer in the tradition of literary provocation that reaches back to the Marquis de Sade...
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Additional works by Michel Houellebecq
BookCopyright DateGenre
The Possibility of an Island 2005 Science Fiction
Lanzarote
H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life April 2005 Non-fiction
Whatever Fiction
Michel Houellebecq, coffret 3 volumes
Le sens de combat. Der Sinn des Kampfes
Ampliacion del Campo de Batalla
The Elementary Particles Fiction
Vintage Satire
Rester vivant ;
Interventions
Poésies
LA Poursuite Du Bonheur
El Mundo Como Supermercado
Die Welt als Supermarkt. Interventionen
Wiedergeburt
La Carte et le territoire
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Fiction
Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but...
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