This novel is most noteable for its apparent condoning of sex tourism and anti-Muslim feelings was by the same author who published a book of poems called what?
Platform (novel) Platform (French: "Plateforme" ) is a 2001 novel by French writer Michel Houellebecq (translated into English by Frank Wynne). It has received both great praise and great criticism, most notably for the novel's apparent condoning of sex tourism and anti-Muslim feelings. Houellebecq was charged for inciting racial and religious hatred after describing Islam as "stupid", but the charges were ultimately dismissed.
Bottom's Dream Bottom's Dream (German: "Zettels Traum" or "ZETTEL’S TRAUM" as the author wrote the title) is a novel published in 1970 by West German author Arno Schmidt. Schmidt began writing the novel in December 1963 while he and Hans Wollschläger began to translate the works of Edgar Allan Poe into German. The novel was inspired by James Joyce's novel "Finnegans Wake", particularly Schmidt's use of columns (his "SpaltenTechnik"), which Schmidt claimed was borrowed from the "Wake".