Unreconciled Poems 1991–2013

<p><b>Selected poems from the critically acclaimed author of <i>Atomised</i> and <i>Submission</i> </b><br><br><b>Dual-language edition</b><br><br>This selection of poems chosen from four collections shines a fresh light on Michel Houellebecq and emphasises the radical singularity of his work. Drawing on similar themes as his novels, <i>Unreconciled</i> is a journey into the depths of individual experience and universal passions.<br><br>Divided into five parts, <i>Unreconciled</i> forms a narrative of love, hopelessness, catastrophe and, ultimately, redemption. In a world of supermarkets and public transport, Houellebecq manages to find traces of divine grace even as he exposes our inexorable decline into chaos. <br><br>Told through forms and rhythms that are both ancient and new, with language steeped in the everyday, Houellebecq’s vision of our era is one brimming with tensions that cannot – and will not – be reconciled.</p>