num_pages: 480
description: 'Who is it among you who deserves eternal life?' Lanzarotte, is a thought provoking, sometimes shocking, and ultimately moving examination of the modern world, the trials of old age and the death of love. Written with the ferocity and candour that has characterised all his work, it will delight Houellebeq's fans, and win him many thousands more.
language: English
title: The Possibility of an Island
titlecomplete: The Possibility of an Island
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, France, French Literature, Philosophy, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, 21st Century, Dystopia
ratings_count: 14798
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Prix Interallié, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award
publisher: Weidenfeld &amp; Nicolson