''Submission'' () is a novel by French writer

Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq (; born Michel Thomas on 26 February 1956) is a French author of novels, poems, and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker, and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. H ...

. The French edition of the book was published on 7 January 2015 by

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, with

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(''Unterwerfung'') and

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(''Sottomissione'') translations also published in January. The book instantly became a

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and

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. The English edition of the book, translated by

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, was published on 10 September 2015. The novel imagines a situation in which a

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party upholding Islamist and

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values is able to win the 2022 presidential election in France with the support of the

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. The book drew an unusual amount of attention because, by coincidence, it was released on the day of the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting. The novel mixes fiction with real people:

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François Bayrou François René Jean Lucien Bayrou (; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since December 2024. He has presided over the European Democratic Party (EDP) since 2004 and the Democratic Movement (France ...

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, and

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, among others, fleetingly appear as characters in the book.

Plot

The novel's narrator is François, a middle-aged literature professor at

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and specialist in Huysmans, who in 2022 feels he is at the end of his sentimental and sexual life – composed largely of year-long liaisons with his students. It has been years since he did any valuable university work. France is in the grip of

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– in order to stave off a National Front victory, the

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ally with the newly formed Muslim Brotherhood Party, with additional support from the

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, formerly the main right-wing party. They propose the charming Islamic candidate Mohammed Ben-Abbes for the presidency against the National Front leader

. In despair at the emerging political situation, and the inevitability of

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becoming a major force in French politics, the parents of François's young and attractive

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girlfriend, Myriam, emigrate to

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, taking her along with them. His mother and father die. He fears that he is heading towards suicide, and takes refuge at an

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situated in the town of

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; it is also where his literary hero, Huysmans, became a lay member. Ben-Abbes wins the election, and becomes

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. He pacifies the country and enacts sweeping changes to French laws,

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the Sorbonne, thereby making François redundant with full pension as only Muslims are now allowed to teach there. He also ends

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, allowing

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. Several of François's intellectually-inferior colleagues, having converted to Islam, get good jobs and make

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with attractive young wives. The new president campaigns to enlarge the European Union to include

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, the Muslim

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and

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, with the aim of making it a new

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with the now-Islamicized France at its lead. In this new, different society, with the support of the powerful politician Robert Rediger, the novel ends with François poised to convert to Islam and the prospect of a second, better life, with a prestigious job, and wives chosen for him.

Controversy

The book generated controversy and criticism from the left for its portrayal of Islam. In advance of the novel's publication, French Prime Minister

declared, "France is not Michel Houellebecq . . . it's not intolerance, hatred, fear." Lydia Kiesling, writing for ''

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'', stated, "There is a way in which ''Submission'' is not, strictly speaking, Islamophobic. But it does Aylan Kurdi no favors." ''

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'' likewise argued ''Submission'' "plays on French fears of terrorism, immigration and changing demographics." Houellebecq commented on the novel in an interview with ''

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'': Rob Doyle of ''

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'' found the themes of the book favourable to Islam, stating Houellebecq "suggests that yielding to the rule of Islam, with its reassuring social and sexual hierarchies, might be a good option for an otherwise terminal Europe."

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, writing for ''

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'', noted that the book was "arguably, not primarily about politics at all. The real target of Houellebecq's satire — as in his previous novels — is the predictably manipulable venality and lustfulness of the modern metropolitan man, intellectual or otherwise." Adam Shatz, writing for the ''

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'', states that it "is the work of a

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not a hater – the jeu d’esprit of a man without convictions". Some critics also suggested the novel promoted

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views. Erik Martiny's review in ''

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'' highlighted that "gender hierarchy is presented in the novel as the essential backbone to a healthy, stable society." Heller McAlpin's review for the

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concluded with the line, "I'm hoping that women, at least, won't take this insulting scenario lying down," while Lydia Kiesling contextualized the book's depiction of women by stating ''Submission'' contains an "Evo-Psych 101 correlation of women's worth with their sexual viability" prevalent in both Houellebecq's work and his personal comments.

Publication

On 5 January 2015, French president

announced in an interview for

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radio that he "would read the book, because it's sparking a debate." The author appeared in a caricature on the front page of the satirical magazine ''

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'' on 7 January 2015, the day when the offices of the newspaper were attacked by masked gunmen who killed eight ''Charlie Hebdo'' employees. The title on the cover was: ''"Les prédictions du mage Houellebecq : en 2015, je perds mes dents, en 2022, je fais ramadan."'' (English: ''"The predictions of the sorcerer Houellebecq: In 2015, I lose my teeth. In 2022, I observe

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."'') On the day of the publishing of the book and hours before the attack on ''Charlie Hebdo'', Houellebecq said in an interview for

radio: The Italian language translation (''Sottomissione'') by Vincenzo Vega was published on 15 January 2015 by

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. The

translation (''Unterwerfung'') by Norma Cassau and Bernd Wilczek was published on 16 January 2015 by DuMont Buchverlag.

translated the book into English. The Spanish language translation (''Sumisión'') by Joan Riambau was published 29 April 2015 by

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Reception

The book was an instant bestseller. More than 120,000 books were sold in the weeks following publication. One month later, 345,000 copies had been sold in France alone, and the book was a best seller in Italy and Germany. Several critics, including Bruno de Cessole of ''

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'' and Jérôme Dupuis of ''

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'', compared the novel to

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's 1973 novel ''

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'', a novel about the political impotence of Europe during a massive wave of immigration from India. Grégoire Leménager of ''

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'' downplayed the similarities to ''The Camp of the Saints'', as ''Submission'' does not deal with ethnicity, and instead placed Houellebecq's novel within a trend of recent French novels about immigration and Islam, together with ''La Mémoire de Clara'' by

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, '' Dawa'' by Julien Suaudeau and ''Les Événements'' by Jean Rolin, speculating that the concept of the "

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" ("Grand Remplacement"), as formulated by

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, was becoming fashionable as a literary device. The book has also been seen as inspired by

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thesis. Marine Le Pen commented in an interview with

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radio that the novel is "a fiction that could one day become reality."

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, in ''

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'', stated similarly that "Europe in 2022 has to find another way to escape the present, and 'Islam' just happens to be the name of the next clone." French novelist

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compared ''Submission'' to

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's ''

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''. Jean Birnbaum in '' Le Monde des Livres'' judges Houellebecq as « neither a fringy or someone we can ignore » and, « from this statement, the fact that his story has a poor literary style » doesn't mean that the book has to be thrown in a bin. He says further « Houellebecq wants to mean something » (...) « wich tells very much (...) about this terrifying epoch, were we are forced to choose between islamic killers and fear of islam.» French philosopher, Gaspar Koenig argues that islam is a secondary topic in the story, the first topic being Joris-Karl Huysmans. However, he stresses the writer's talent for foreseeing, making a common point between Mohammed Ben Abbas's election in the book, and Emmanuel Macron's one in 2017: the two being young, liberals, leading a new political party, and winning the election against

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thanks to the decisive support of François Bayrou. Finally, he concludes with a vision of a post-national era, where European construction is used as a means to dissolve

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within a superstructure similar to the

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Adaptations

A monologue stage performance with

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as François toured Germany in early 2016 with dates in

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and

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. According to ''

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'', interest in the story was piqued by the

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. A German film adaptation, based both on the novel and the stage performance, was produced by the television channel

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as '' Unterwerfung''. The film stars Selge who reprises his role from the stage version. The film premiered on German public broadcaster ARD on 6 June 2018, followed by a roundtable, which resulted in "a broad internet discussion," in calls for all German political talkshows to be suspended for one year, and in an apology from ARD presenter

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Comparison with ''The Strange Death of Europe''

In 2020 Ivan Strenski, professor of

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at the University of California in Riverside, published in the

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'' an extensive comparison of Houellebecq's novel with the non-fiction book and bestseller ''

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'' by Douglas Murray. Both authors would strongly emphasize the risk of a near end of traditional European culture.

Editions and translations

* ''Soumission'', French, Flammarion, 7 January 2015 * ''Sottomissione'', Italian translation, Bompiani, 15 January 2015 (Translator: V. Vega) * ''Unterwerfung'', German translation, Dumont Buchverlag, 16 January 2015 (Translators: Norma Cassau and Bernd Wilczek) * ''Behódolás'', Hungarian translation, Magvető, 22 April 2015 (Translator: Ágnes Tótfalusi) * ''Submissió'', Catalan translation, Anagrama, 29 April 2015 (Translator: Oriol Sánchez Vaqué) * ''Sumisión'', Spanish translation,

, 29 April 2015 (Translator: Joan Riambau) * ''Onderworpen'', Dutch translation, Arbeiderspers, May 2015 (Translator: Martin de Haan) * ''Supunere'', Romanian translation, Humanitas, May 2015 (Translator: Daniel Nicolescu) * ''Pokoravanje'', Serbo-Croat translation, Buybook, May 2015 (Translator: Vladimir Janković) * כניעה, Hebrew translation, babel, May 2015 (Translator: Amit Rotbard) * ''복종'', Korean translation, Munhakdongne, 17 July 2015 (Translator: 장소미) * ''Uległość'', Polish translation, W.A.B., 9 September 2015 (Translator: Beata Geppert) * ''Submission'', English translation, William Heinemann, 10 September 2015 (Translator:

) * ''Fukujū'', Japanese translation, Kadokawa shinsho, 11 September 2015 (Translator: Ōtsuka Momo) * ''Underkastelse'', Swedish translation, Albert Bonniers, October 2015 (Translator: Kristoffer Leandoer) * ''Podvolení'', Czech translation, Odeon, October 2015 (Translator: Alan Beguivin) * ''Underkastelse'', Danish translation, Rosinante, 1 October 2015 (Translator: Niels Lyngsø) * ''Alistuminen'', Finnish translation, WSOY, 21 October 2015 (Translator: Lotta Toivanen) * ''Submissão'', Brazilian Portuguese translation, Objetiva, December 2015 (Translator: Rosa Freire d'Aguiar) * ''Underkastelse'', Norwegian translation, Cappelen Damm, February 2016 (Translator: Tom Lotherington) * ''Undirgefni'', Icelandic translation, Mál og Menning, February 2016 (Translator: Friðrik Rafnsson) * ''Pakļaušanās'', Latvian translation, Jāņa Rozes apgāds, June 2016 (Translator: Dens Dimiņš) * ''Pasidavimas'', Lithuanian translation, Kitos knygos, 5 November 2015 (Translator: Goda Bulybenko) * ''Alistumine'', Estonian translation, Varrak, 21 November 2016 (Translator: Triinu Tamm) * ''Podreditev'', Slovenian translation, Cankarjeva založba, December 2016 (Translator: Mojca Medvešek) * ''Подчинение'', Bulgarian translation, Fakel Express, 2015 (Translator: Alexandra Veleva) * ''Покорность'', Russian translation, Corpus, 2016 (Translator: Marija Zonina) * ''Покора'', Ukrainian translation, Klub Simeinoho Dozvillia, 2015 (Translator: Ivan Riabchyi) * ''Հնազանդություն'', Armenian translation, Antares, 2017 (Translator: Ruzan Murzoyan) * ''İtaat'', Turkish translation, İthaki, 2011 (Translator: Başak Öztürk)

References

External links

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