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>>ipnon+(OP)
Purely in the domain of writers and endings, Patrick O'Brien has one of his characters say they think unfinished novels don't need a conclusion any more than an unfinished work of music does: you can imagine how the story goes on for yourself.

Vikram Seth does the same thing with the ending of "a suitable boy" as does Anne Proulx in "the shipping news"

Writing of one's own mortality in these situations obviously invites the final word, but it actually doesn't have to be cast as such.

For this author the situation is terrible, but the writing doesn't have to echo that finality, there's a choice to be made.

>>ggm+Q
Houellebecq's Annihilation is also a good example of this. It starts out a political technothriller, certain threads are worked through towards a resolution, but then the protagonist is diagnosed with terminal cancer and the book's tone changes entirely. The resolution of those technothriller elements is alluded to, but you actively have to fill in the blanks for yourself. I thought that it was very cleverly handled.

>>A_D_E_+X8
Houellebecq is an interesting author. You love him or hate him, but his writings raise questions (some controversial).

He is also a (one-time) porn actor :)

>>Brando+na
does one-time mean he did it once, or it was his profession once upon a time, if he did it once having done the equivalent of porn summer stock hardly seems worth mentioning.

>>bryanr+Fc
Well, an arguably famous writer (with a mix of philosophy and politics), well-known in France for his positions who suddenly foes porn in a Dutch movie is not exactly usual.

Whether it is worth mentioning is a matter of preference, it certainly adds colors to the character.