La “logica dell’ipermercato”. Intorno a Michel Houellebecq e la distopia del presente

Abstract: The article examines Michel Houellebecq’s dystopian novels. The French writer often uses this narrative strategy, which is very similar to science fiction. According to Houellebecq, science fiction is one of the most important aspects of 20th-century culture. In his dystopian novels, the French writer shows us a world left to decay, dominated by a culture of competition and social atomism, summarised in the expression “hypermarket logic