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The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq

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The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq

The most celebrated and controversial French novelist of our time delivers a riveting masterpiece about art and money, love and friendship, and fathers and sons.
 
Jed Martin is an artist. His first photographs feature Michelin road maps, and global success arrives with his series on professions: portraits of various personalities, including a writer named Houellebecq. Not long afterward, Jed helps a police inspector solve a heinous crime that leaves lasting marks on everyone involved. But after burying his father and growing old himself, Jed also discovers serenity, a deeply moving conclusion to a life of lovers, friends, and family, and filled with hopes, losses, and dreams.

Michel Houellebecq nacio en 1958 en la francesa Isla Reunion. Publico su primer libro, un ensayo sobre Lovecraft, en 1991, y su primera novela, Ampliacion del campo de batalla, en 1994. La aparicion en 1998 de su segunda novela, Las particulas elementales, fue una historia literaria y editorial asombrosa. El fenomeno Houellebecq provoco innumerables y apasionados debates en la prensa internacional. El libro, que vendio en Francia mas de 350.000 ejemplares, ha sido publicado en mas de treinta paises. Ese mismo ano gano el Premio Nacional de las Letras. En otono de 1999 publico Renacimiento, una coleccion de poesia que se suma a Sobrevivir (1991), La busqueda de la felicidad (1992) y El sentido de la lucha (1996, Premio de Flore), y en 2013, Configuracion de la ultima orilla. En 2001 vuelve a la narrativa con Plataforma. Como ensayista, es autor de El mundo como supermercado (1998), Enemigos publicos (2008) e Intervenciones (2009). El mapa y el territorio (2010, Premio Goncourt) y Sumision (2015) son sus ultimas novelas. La posibilidad de una isla, publicada por primera vez en 2005, merecio el Premio Interallie 2005 y se convirtio pronto en un best seller internacional cuyos derechos mundiales fueron vendidos a una treintena de paises, ademas de ser adaptada al cine por el propio autor.
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ISBN 13 9780307946539
ISBN 10 0307946533
Title The Map and the Territory
Author Michel Houellebecq
Series Vintage International
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2012-11-13
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.