A vacation in Thailand turns into an incredible adventure for Michel. Tired of the dull life in Europe, he eagerly indulges in all kinds of tourist services. Among this bustle, Valerie appears like a white sail. She makes Michel literally suffocate with love, admiration, and pleasure. Together they discover the true motives for traveling from Europe to Asia and build a profitable business on this. Alas, this story will not have a happy ending. "I understood death; I don't think it will cause me special suffering," Michel will say on the last pages of the novel. "Huysmans knows something real — truthful and terrible — about men and women of the 21st century, about self-forgetfulness and the suppression of feelings..." (New York Times). Michel Houellebecq is the author of many novels ("Serotonin", "Submission", "The Elementary Particles", etc.), collections of poetry, and essays. In 2019, Emmanuel Macron awarded the writer France's highest honor — the Legion of Honor. At the Paris Film Festival in 2002, "Platform" received the "Best Film Novel" award as the best book for adaptation.