The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq
Having made his name with an exhibition of photographs of Michelin roadmaps - beautiful works that won praise from every corner of the art world - Jed Martin is now emerging from a ten-year hiatus. And he has had some good news. It has nothing to do with his broken boiler, the approach of another lamentably awkward annual Christmas dinner with his father or the memory of his doomed love affair with the beautiful Olga. It is that, for his new exhibition, he has secured the involvement of none other than the French novelist Michel Houellebecq. The great writer has agreed to write the text for the exhibition guide, for which he will be paid handsomely and also have his portrait painted by Jed. The exhibition - 'Professions', a series of portraits of ordinary and extraordinary people at work - brings Jed new levels of global fame. Yet his boiler is still broken, his ailing father flirts with oblivion and, worse still, he is contacted by one Inspector Jasselin, who requests his assistance in solving an unspeakable, atrocious and gruesome crime. Art, money, fathers, sons, death, love and the transformation of France into a tourist paradise come together to create a daringly playful and original twist on the contemporary novel from a modern master of the form.
Impressive..Beguiling...He is a true original. * Observer *
Elegiac...Compelling...A pleasure to read. * Times Literary Supplement *
This book, so beautifully written, so inspiriting for all its pessimism, is the new novel I have loved best this year. We have not his equal. -- David Sexton * Spectator *
Elegiac...Compelling...A pleasure to read. * Times Literary Supplement *
This book, so beautifully written, so inspiriting for all its pessimism, is the new novel I have loved best this year. We have not his equal. -- David Sexton * Spectator *
Michel Houellebecq is a poet, essayist and novelist. He is the author of several novels including The Map and the Territory (winner of the Prix Goncourt), Atomised, Platform, Whatever and Submission. He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 2019.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780434021406 |
| ISBN 10 | 0434021407 |
| Title | The Map and the Territory |
| Author | Michel Houellebecq |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2011-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for I.M.P.A.C. Dublin Award 2013 (Ireland) |
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