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Title: Soumission Title Record # 1814933
Author: Michel Houellebecq
Date: 2015-01-07
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN, Wikipedia-FR
Language: French
Synopsis: In 2022 the Islamic candidate Mohammed Ben-Abbes runs for the French presidency and wins in the final election against National Front leader Marine Le Pen. The new president campaigns to enlarge the European Union to include North Africa, with the aim of making it a new Roman Empire. Against this background the professional and personal life of the literary professor François, an expert on Joris-Karl Huysmans, is highlighted. Finally, he submisses to the new Islamic rules.
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Year Language Title
2015Translated by Norma Cassau and Bernd Wilczek
German Unterwerfung
2015Translated by Lorin Stein
English Submission

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Soumission 2015-01-07 Michel Houellebecq Flammarion 978-2-08-135480-7
€21.00?€: Euro
300+
[4]
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Soumission 2016-10-12 Michel Houellebecq Reclam (Universal-Bibliothek #19922) 978-3-15-019922-0
€9.80?€: Euro
332
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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