Michel Houellebecq : Humanity and its Aftermath

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...

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Main Author: Morrey, Douglas (auth)
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Published: Liverpool Liverpool University Press 20130319
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