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| Author | Michel Houellebecq |
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| Original title | Soumission |
| Translator | Lorin Stein |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Flammarion (France) |
Publication date | 7 January 2015 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 10 September 2015 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 978-2-08-135480-7 |
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Submission (French: Soumission) is a novel by French writer Michel Houellebecq.[1] The French edition of the book was published on 7 January 2015 by Flammarion, with German (Unterwerfung) and Italian (Sottomissione) translations also published in January.[2][3] The book instantly became a bestseller in France, Germany and Italy.[4][5] The English edition of the book, translated by Lorin Stein, was published on 10 September 2015.[6]
The novel imagines a situation in which a Muslim party upholding Islamist and patriarchal values is able to win the 2022 presidential election in France with the support of the Socialist Party. The book drew an unusual amount of attention because, by coincidence, it was released on the day of the Charlie Hebdo shooting.[7]
The novel mixes fiction with real people: Marine Le Pen, François Hollande, François Bayrou, Manuel Valls, and Jean-François Copé, among others, fleetingly appear as characters in the book.[8]
- ^ Bourmeau, Sylvain (2 January 2015). "Scare Tactics: Michel Houellebecq Defends His Controversial New Book". The Paris Review. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ Willsher, Kim (16 December 2014). "Michel Houellebecq provokes France with story of Muslim president". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ "Après le buzz, "Soumission" de Michel Houellebecq arrive en librairie" (in French). Libération. 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
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- ^ "Submission by Michel Houellebecq: This provocative novel charts France's plunge into Islamism". International Business Times. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ Rosenthal, John (May 2015). "Houellebecq's 'Submission': Islam and France's Malaise". World Affairs. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Bayrou stupide et Copé moche : quand Houellebecq dézingue les politiques" (in French). Metro News. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.