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"somewhat controversial"? That's a little bit of an understatement. Most of his books have created long and reverberating flamewars all over Europe.
by gbog 10y ago
"somewhat controversial"? That's a little bit of an understatement. Most of his books have created long and reverberating flamewars all over Europe.
- coldtea 10y agoFrom Zola to Celine, Cocteau, Queneau, Bataille, Duras and onwards to Houellebecq (and others), the French relish and celebrate controversiality. If a French literary author is not controversial, they have failed. It's nothing much, and nothing like the "career stopper" that this can be in the anglo-saxon world -- they'll still get top honors at the Académie française (the very core of the establishment) eventually.