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Name: Soumission
Rating: 3.416666666666 (12 reviews)
Author: Michel Houellebecq

The novel follows François, a middle-aged university lecturer at the New Sorbonne, whose mundane life and personal excesses are unexpectedly disrupted by the 2022 French election. The outcome sees France’s new Islamic party, allied with the Socialists, come to power and introduce Islamic law, reshaping society with veiled women, polygamy, and a new moral order. Facing an offer of academic advancement that demands his conversion to Islam, François must confront his own values amid this seismic political and cultural transformation. Houellebecq presents a satirical yet stark portrait of contemporary France, exploring themes of political corruption, interfaith relations, and the clash between secular and religious identities in a modern European context.

First publish date: 2015

Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comic Satire

Authors: Michel Houellebecq

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