Michel Houellebecq : Humanity and its Aftermath / Douglas Morrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrey, Douglas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Michel Houellebecq is perhaps the single most successful and controversial of all contemporary novelists writing in French. Houellebecq has become a global publishing phenomenon: his books have been translated worldwide, three film adaptations of his work have been produced, and the author has been the subject of million-euro publishing deals and of successive media scandals in France. His novels narrate a metaphysical mutation or paradigm shift through which humanity as we know it ceases to be the over-riding value or focus of our world when it comes into conflict with a competitor in the form of a post-human or neo-human species. It is the aim of this book to appraise the global significance of Houellebecq's novelistic visions while at the same time situating them within the context of French literature, culture and society.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100312

ISBN:

9781781387665

OCLC:

863822193

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access