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Partying with Houellebecq

By Ujala Sehgal posted at 10:37 am on November 10, 2010 0

Nelly Kaprielian parties with Michel Houellebecq after he wins the Goncourt: “‘After France, the world!’ jokes Beigbeder, and everybody’s quick to raise a glass.”

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Ujala Sehgal is an associate editor of The Millions. She lives in Brooklyn and works for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. She was formerly a writer for The Atlantic's news website The Atlantic Wire, and a co-editor of the New York media website FishbowlNY. Her writing has appeared in The Millions, The Rumpus, her blog, among various other online publications. e-mail Ujala

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