Michel HOUELLEBECQ begins writing “The Possibility of an Island”.

Michel Houellebecq (1956-)

Autograph card signed to its Dutch translator, Martin de Haan.

An oblong octavo page on the back of a maritime view of the Costa de Almeria.

Autograph envelope. [Almeria. February 11, 2004]

“I started a novel…”

Rare and friendly card to his translator, newly established in France, informing him that he is starting to write his new novel The Possibility of an Island.

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“Martin, I hope that the Morvandians treat you well, and that overall you are happy to be in France . As for my part I am staying in the region, I decided to rent a post office box to lighten Mr Stuyvesant's task […] I started a novel, and I think I will move and communicate very little, In the coming months. Be well, friends. Michel Houellebecq. »

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The Possibility of an Island , the author's fourth novel, was published by Fayard in 2005 and won the Interallié prize.