Atomised (The Elementary Particles)

The French original (Flammarion, Paris, 1998) is the true first; the novel took the Prix Novembre in 1998. The first English is Frank Wynne's translation, published in 2000 under two titles: William Heinemann (London) as 'Atomised' and Alfred A. Knopf (New York) as 'The Elementary Particles' — the same translation under dual titles, as the census notes. However, the census claim that Heinemann precedes Knopf is NOT confirmed: reference sources describe the two as the 2000 first English translation without establishing an order, and one describes them as simultaneous releases. Both are collected; the UK 'Atomised' and US 'The Elementary Particles' should be treated as parallel first-in-English issues until a month-level date settles the order.