HOUELLEBECQ (Michel). La possibilité d'une île.
Paris: Fayard, 2005.

Octavo (221 × 150 mm). 485 pp., (1) f. Original printed wrappers preserved.
Full white box morocco binding, with polychrome mosaic geometric decoration, smooth spine with mosaic inlays, signed binding by A. Giordan (2011). With matching chemise and slipcase.

First edition, deluxe issue. One of 179 copies on Arches vellum, the only special paper issue, this being one of the numbered copies.

A major turning point in Houellebecq’s work. Through a complex narrative architecture alternating a contemporary narrative with the commentaries of neo-human clones, the novel marks a decisive shift toward speculative fiction, at the crossroads of literary science fiction and metaphysical dystopia. Its publication confirmed Houellebecq’s position as one of the leading figures of early 21st-century French and European literature.

A superb copy, in a remarkable signed binding by Giordan.