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| Original Title: | La carte et le territoire |
| ISBN: | 2081246333 (ISBN13: 9782081246331) |
| Edition Language: | French URL https://editions.flammarion.com/Catalogue/hors-collection/litterature-francaise/la-carte-et-le-territoire |
| Literary Awards: | Prix Goncourt (2010), BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2013), Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2012) |
Michel Houellebecq
Paperback | Pages: 428 pages Rating: 3.94 | 14696 Users | 992 Reviews
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| Title | : | La carte et le territoire |
| Author | : | Michel Houellebecq |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 428 pages |
| Published | : | September 3rd 2010 by Flammarion |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. France. European Literature. French Literature. Novels. Literature |
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Si Jed Martin, le personnage principal de ce roman, devait vous en raconter l’histoire, il commencerait peut-être par vous parler d’une panne de chauffe-eau, un certain 15 décembre. Ou de son père, architecte connu et engagé, avec qui il passa seul de nombreux réveillons de Noël.Il évoquerait certainement Olga, une très jolie Russe rencontrée au début de sa carrière, lors d’une première exposition de son travail photographique à partir de cartes routières Michelin. C’était avant que le succès mondial n’arrive avec la série des « métiers », ces portraits de personnalités de tous milieux (dont l’écrivain Michel Houellebecq), saisis dans l’exercice de leur profession.
Il devrait dire aussi comment il aida le commissaire Jasselin à élucider une atroce affaire criminelle, dont la terrifiante mise en scène marqua durablement les équipes de police.
Sur la fin de sa vie il accédera à une certaine sérénité, et n’émettra plus que des murmures.
L’art, l’argent, l’amour, le rapport au père, la mort, le travail, la France devenue un paradis touristique sont quelques-uns des thèmes de ce roman, résolument classique et ouvertement moderne.
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Ratings: 3.94 From 14696 Users | 992 ReviewsJudge Appertaining To Books La carte et le territoire
My first Houellebecq, and certainly not my last. I know the standard criticisms, and could detect the odd whiff of misogyny, but was won over by the insight, the humour and the self-paraody. It takes about 30-50 pages to hit its stride, but persist and the rewards are worth it.Jed Martin is a man in his 30s looking for the right art to make a living. He becomes inspired to take maps of different parts of France and Europe and cut them up rearrange them and photograph them for an exhibition. He only uses Michelin maps and an employee of Michelin named Olga sees his work and begins a relationship with him. He never seems to care about her much but she is often around traveling from her native Russia to France regularly. On his way up the ladder, he meets many
Frankly I read this because my 16-year old did, and considering the negative buzz surrounding Houellebecq I was wondering if she was polluting her beautiful young mind with misogynist pornography. I didnt expect to like it. So it is with surprise that I bestow 5 stars upon it. A wonderful book - rich, true and wickedly funny. Now that Ive looked into Houellebecq a bit more I see this was maybe an odd place to start; his other, more misanthropic, sexually-charged books are what got him all the
I think the only two authors currently writing stuff worth reading are Murakami and Houellebecq.The majority of American writers seem to be priviliged white males fixated on whether their character's wife is cheating on them and/or can they get away with cheating on her. And the answer is, nobody cares.I care even less about the nostalgic rubbish British writers can't seem to get enough of (even more white, equally male (technically) and much more priviliged).In this very funny book, Houellebecq
the bitter frenchman solidifies himself as one of my favourite authors. countless vicious soundbites that i had a lot of fun with on twitter --"They really don't amount to much, anyway, human relationships.""flowers are only sexual organs, brightly coloured vaginas decorating the surface of the world, open to the lubricity of insects""What can you reply, in general, to human questions?" "it was conceivably true, he thought, that France was a marvelous country - at least from the tourist's point
My attraction to The Map and the Territory was more rooted in seeing what Houellebecq was maybe creating in form and theme than it was in the narrative. I had the sense (or, perhaps more accurately, the hope) that he was fashioning something genius. Maybe he did. It was unquestionably good from a readers perspective and an utterly interesting experience from a fans, but, for my money, its a far cry from his last, which was a true sigh-inducing, mind-humping masterwork. The novel, with all its
It was public knowledge that Houellebecq was a loner with strong misanthropic tendencies: it was rare for him even to say a word to his dog.Martin Amis did it before, in Money, when he introduced himself, 'Martin Amis', as a character in the book. Houellebecq replays the conceit here, with a similar pretension and expanded role for himself. In the spirit of literary self-flagellation, in addition to the epitaph offered above, Houellebecq does horrible things to himself. I would be plot-spoiling
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