Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House

Introduction
★ The 21st century version of "The Outsider": capturing the lonely spirit and nihilistic atmosphere of modern society
★ “Look for hope beyond all hope”
★ The latest work of Houellebecq, the first French literary figure to win the Prix Goncourt since Camus, is introduced for the first time
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Serotonin, a neurotransmitter that provides a feeling of well-being
Lower serotonin levels increase risk of depression
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Depression, a plague in modern society.
I am 46 years old, a senior agricultural consultant, dedicated to supporting French local agriculture, with a high salary and a Japanese girlfriend that everyone envies. I have no reason to be depressed, but I know that my life is falling apart. My girlfriend doesn't love me, and my work is meaningless. For more than 40 years, I have tried hard to abide by the middle-class norms step by step, but I found that everything has become ridiculous. In fact, happiness was close at hand, but I still hopelessly destroyed it. So, I disappeared and began my journey to find myself.
This is a story about a person fighting depression, a person fighting social disintegration, fighting sadness with sadness, and mocking depravity with depravity.