Throughout the 1990s, Houellebecq published several books of poetry, including Le sens du combat in 1996 (translated as The Art of Struggle, which, in a 2005 video interview for the magazine Les Inrockuptibles, he cited as his most accomplished book to date, the one he would usually choose if compelled to read whatever he wanted among his published works), and articles in magazines (such as Les Inrockuptibles) or more confidential literary publications (such as L'Infini edited by Philippe Sollers). Most of those texts were later collected in Interventions (1998, expanded in 2009 and 2020). At that time, he lived at the same address as fellow writer Marc-Édouard Nabe, at 103, rue de la Convention in Paris. Nabe wrote about this proximity in Le Vingt-Septième Livre (2006), comparing both neighbours' careers and the way their writings were met by critics and audiences.
Throughout the 1990s Houellebecq published several books of poetry including Le sens du combat in 1996 (translated as The Art of Struggle which in a 2005 video interview for the magazine Les Inrockuptibles he cited as his most accomplished book to date the one he would usually choose if compelled to read whatever he wanted among his published works) and articles in magazines (such as Les Inrockuptibles) or more confidential literary publications (such as L'Infini edited by Philippe Sollers) Most of those texts were later collected in Interventions (1998 expanded in 2009 and 2020) At that time he lived at the same address as fellow writer Marc-Édouard Nabe at 103 rue de la Convention in Paris Nabe wrote about this proximity in Le Vingt-Septième Livre (2006) comparing both neighbours' careers and the way their writings were met by critics and audiences