{"product_id":"plataforma","title":"Platform (2001)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1044\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eUncomfortable. Thailand's sex tourism as a kind of escape valve for the boredom and emptiness of European life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1044\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eThe novel blends irony and cruelty to expose the commodification of desire: bodies turned into products, pleasure transformed into a tourist package, happiness reduced to a transaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1044\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eHouellebecq offers no moral exits, much less uplifting lessons. He strips the West of its hypocritical veneer and reveals a civilization incapable of generating love, but perfectly capable of consuming luxuries and illusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1044\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eThe shock is not gratuitous. It is, however, the inevitable conclusion of a world surrendered to nihilism and the market. Prepare to wallow in the mud in which you are already lying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1653\" data-start=\"1046\"\u003eMichel Houellebecq, born in 1956 on the island of Réunion, became one of the most controversial and influential writers in contemporary French literature. His work is a blend of sociological essay, political provocation, and fiction. They call him a misogynist, a reactionary, a prophet of decadence. Perhaps he is all those things. His literary power lies in refusing to allow indifference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1653\" data-start=\"1046\"\u003eSteiner already said in his \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.malditalivraria.com\/products\/quatro-entrevistas-com-george-steiner\"\u003einterviews \u003c\/a\u003ethat \"we are accomplices to that which leaves us indifferent\".\u003cbr\u003eAnd we are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alfaguara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753813377290,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2729\/6266\/files\/plataformaAL42115.webp?v=1757333823","url":"https:\/\/www.malditalivraria.com\/en\/products\/plataforma","provider":"Maldita Livraria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}