In recent weeks many have wondered what he thought of the epidemic and confinement Michel Houellebecq, the great French writer who has often described (and anticipated) reality even in its most distressing evolutions in novels such as Platform, The Possibility of an Island , Submission or Serotonin (published in Italy by La Nave di Teseo). Houellebecq responded yesterday with a text sent to the France Inter public radio which we propose here, with the author's permission, in the Italian translation.