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Johanna Adorjan
The first bad news first: Michel Houellebecq did not reveal anything on Thursday evening about his new novel, which will appear synchronously in France, Germany and other parts of the world at the beginning of January, not a single word, not half a word. In fairness it has to be said that the presenter who interviewed him on stage in the packed lecture hall Amphitéâtre Richelieu at the Sorbonne did not ask about it either. Extra not. She even announced that at the beginning. She beamedly disappointed the large audience, and she would not ask a single question about the new novel.