Philippe Muray: artpress Interviews Collection Published

A new collection of interviews with Philippe Muray, the novelist and pamphleteer who died in 2006, has been published by artpress. Muray was a longtime contributor to the magazine and was interviewed for each of his book releases, including his prophetic '19th Century Through the Ages.' The volume features a preface by Jacques Henric. Muray is frequently cited by writers such as Michel Houellebecq. He was also a noted reader of Céline, Michelet, Renan, Greek philosophers, Church Fathers, and Jonathan Swift, offering a novel interpretation of 'Gulliver's Travels.' The collection arrives concurrently with the first volume of his previously unpublished 'Journal,' which may be his magnum opus. The interviews underscore his enduring wit and relevance in critiquing societal archaisms and conformisms.