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| | French Culture | Books | Houellebecq's Elementary Particles wins Impac Ward 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The winner of the 2002 Impac Award, Atomised (published as The Elementary Particles in the Unites States) by French writer Michel Houellebecq, was announced on Monday, May 13, 2002 in Dublin Castle by The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Michael Mulcahy. |
 | | For all the frustrations and failings of the brothers' separate experiences, Atomised in the end presents a paradoxically (if at times perversely) moral view of these two anti-heroes, each alienated from surrounding society in his own way. |
 | | For these distinctive qualities, the judging panel of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is pleased to present its year 2002 award to Michel Houellebecq for his extraordinary novel, Atomised, translated by Frank Wynne. |
| www.frenchculture.org /books/release/fiction/houellebecqparticlesimpac.html (660 words) |
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