On ferme

by Philippe Muray

À travers des personnages et une intrigue simples (il cherche des aventures sans lendemain, elle veut des lendemains sans aventure), ce roman explore dans son ensemble ce que tous les menteurs à gages, tous les charlatants de l’approbation du monde contemporain annoncent comme une civilisation nouvelle, et même vivable, alors qu’un mot suffit à la qualifier : désastre. – Ph. M.

720 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Philippe Muray (1945 in Angers, France – March 2, 2006 in Paris) was a French essayist and novelist. None of his works have yet been translated into English. In 2002, Daniel Lindenberg included him in his list of "new reactionaries", along with Michel Houellebecq, Maurice Dantec, Alain Badiou, Alain Finkielkraut and others. In 2010, the French actor Fabrice Luchini read some of Muray's works at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris, which contributed to a renewed discussion of his writings in the French press.