Fin de mill�enaire French fiction [electronic resource] : the aesthetics of crisis / Ruth Cruickshank. Cruickshank, Ruth, 1967- Echenoz, Jean Criticism and interpretation. Houellebecq, Michel Criticism and interpretation. Angot, Christine Criticism and interpretation. Redonnet, Marie Criticism and interpretation. French fiction 20th century History and criticism. French fiction 21st century History and criticism. PQ671 843.91409 22 Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. Description based on print version record. In this closely analytical study, Cruickshank reads the work of four influential writers of prose fiction - Angot, Echenoz, Houellebecq, and Redonnet - in the context of the turn of the millennium in France, which coincided with a number of tangible crises and apocalyptic discourses, and with the growth of the mass media and global market. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 2009. 2009 Text 1 online resource (304 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199571758.001.0001 eng Oxford modern languages and literature monographs Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.