{"product_id":"20878230","title":"Annihilation","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ccenter\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA number one bestseller in France, Germany and Italy, the masterpiece from the acclaimed author of Atomised and Submission.Now in B format.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A must-read' – \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Houellebecq’s new book proves he is one of the world’s greatest novelists' – \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most important novelist to have been publishing in all of Europe over the past three decades' –\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs France is in the midst of a closely fought presidential campaign, the government falls victim to a series of mysterious and unsettling cyberattacks. Paul Raison is caught up in the state’s scrambled response, working as an advisor to the finance minister and with family connections to the DGSI, the French counterterrorism agency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Paul’s private life is as strained as the nation is troubled. His marriage has collapsed, he’s drifted from his siblings, and their father has been hospitalised following a stroke. In telling Paul’s story, \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation \u003c\/i\u003emoves seamlessly between tense espionage thriller and poignant family drama. The result is an extraordinary and moving meditation on loving, caring and dying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eAnnihilation \u003c\/i\u003eleans neither towards hope nor despair, but towards a transcendent serenity' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated from the French by Shaun Whiteside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003csub\u003eAnnihilation \u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003csub\u003ewas a #1 \u003ci\u003eLivres Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller in France w\/c 10\/01\/2022, and a #1 \u003ci\u003eSpiegel \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller in Germany w\/c 24\/01\/2022\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most interesting novelist of our times' - Evening Standard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Michel Houellebecq’s new book proves he is one of the world’s greatest novelists . . . He writes superbly . . . In England . . . we have no one, male or female, to match Houellebecq' - The Daily Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A compassionate, deeply affecting novel about love and death and the way we treat the dying . . . worthy of Balzac . . . telling truths that come straight from Pascal. We can only hope that it is not Houellebecq’s swansong, after all' - The Spectator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extended meditation on human frailty and the lack of spirituality in the Western world . . . Houellebecq displays compassion and empathy, and a belief in the redemptive power of love.' - The New Statesman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eAnnihilation \u003c\/i\u003eleans neither towards hope nor despair, but towards a transcendent serenity – an eerie peace that arises, as everything arises in this novel, in the space to which warring forces give shape' - The Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Since the start of his literary career, Michel Houellebecq has been viewed in France as a prodigy whom his readers and critics both love hating and hate loving. As well as a bestselling novelist, he has become a social phenomenon: a rock star, a freak, a visionary genius, a political agitator, even, for some, a prophet.' - The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A shattering read. But it's a truly powerful one too, and about much more than the grim picture of French society for which its brilliant author is mostly known' - The Big Issue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIFICATIONS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003eMichel Houellebecq - Мишель Уэльбек\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003ePan Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e544 pst\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e130 mm \/ 5,1'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e198 mm \/ 7,8'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e362 g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e9781035026418\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599939485834,"sku":"20878230","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/1070\/6314\/files\/Annihilation_Michel_Houellebecq_-_9781035026418-1.jpg?v=1769091869","url":"https:\/\/bookstoreint.com\/products\/20878230","provider":"Bookstore International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}