{"id":14495,"date":"2026-09-15T14:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/item-programa\/michel-houellebecq\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T10:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:13:29","slug":"michel-houellebecq","status":"publish","type":"evento","link":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/en\/programme-item\/michel-houellebecq\/","title":{"rendered":"MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regarded as one of the most influential writers of our time, Houellebecq has always been a passionate reader and admirer of science fiction. From novels such as The Possibility of an Island and Submission to the songs on his latest album about the end of humanity, science fiction runs through much of his work, sometimes explicitly and sometimes more subtly. He has used the genre to project possible futures, always offering a lucid \u2014 and often unsettling \u2014 perspective on the present.<\/p>\n<p>Houellebecq returns to the festival sixteen years after his previous appearance to discuss his particular relationship with science fiction. He will be joined by one of his most insightful readers, writer Rodrigo Blanco Calder\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>French with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish. <br \/>Admission: \u20ac6. Book signing.<br \/>Ja! Festival Friends: free admission with prior reservation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14275 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Institut-Francaise.jpg\" alt=\"Institut Francaise\" width=\"123\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Institut-Francaise.jpg 350w, https:\/\/jafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Institut-Francaise-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14494,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"edicion":[712],"class_list":["post-14495","evento","type-evento","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edicion-712"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/evento\/14495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/evento"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/evento"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/evento\/14495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14643,"href":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/evento\/14495\/revisions\/14643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"edicion","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jafestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edicion?post=14495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}