. Hate and Hedonism - New Yorker
. Soumission by Michel Houellebecq review – France in 2022 - The Guardian
. The really shocking thing about Michel Houllebecq’s Soumission — he rather likes Islam - Spectator
nothing of substance really, just fleetingly mentioned.
see also Knausgaard
wow ain't i smart, In his own afterword to a 1955 edition of the book, Camus wrote:
"...the hero of the book is condemned because he doesn't play the game... He refuses to lie. Lying is not only saying what isn't true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler. But Meursault, contrary to appearances, doesn't want to make life simpler. He says what he is, he refuses to hide his feelings and society immediately feels threatened. For example, he is asked to say that he regrets his crime, in time-honoured fashion. He replies that he feels more annoyance about it than true regret. And it is this nuance that condemns him."
see The Big Plus of the Outsider Society: truth challenges lies!
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