Michel78

35-year-old man in Downers Grove, IL, United States
Seeking a woman, 24 to 46
The Elementary Particles

The Elementary Particles

Michel Houellebecq, Frank Wynne

The one that got me into Houellebecq. Controversial, fairly disgusting characters, but a hope for humanity.

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Cosmicomics

Cosmicomics

William Weaver, Italo Calvino

Post-modern quasi-creation new-wave myths? Whatever it is, it's Calvino.

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Contempt (New York Review Books Classics)

Contempt

Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson, Tim Parks

A fitting read while going through a divorce...it is now (along with "Boredom") the subject of my master's thesis. Moravia gets the neurotic male; his female projections, on the other...more »

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Lunar Park

Lunar Park

Bret Easton Ellis

It's not American Psycho. It's not Less Than Zero. But it is something a bit different. A grown-up Ellis reflects, and we see a very honest image. Pastiche, satire, meta-narrative. As...more »

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Women As Lovers

Women As Lovers

Martin Chalmers, Elfriede Jelinek

Brutal...just brutal. A wonderful insight into the Austrian mind. Captures male/female dynamic so harshly beautiful.

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