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Praise for The Map and the Territory: Winner of the 2010 Prix Goncourt “A serious reflection on art, death, and contemporary society, The Map and the Territory is a tour de force.”—The Los Angeles Review of Books "Powerful. . . . [A] singular novel. . . . Archly sarcastic, cheerily pedantic, willfully brutal." —The New York Times Book Review “An ingenious and engaging composite of künstlerroman and police procedural; a novel of ideas; and an authorial self-reflection." –The Boston Globe "All novelists everywhere have benefited from [Houellebecq's] audacity. . . . his temerity has recharged the form and reminded people what the novel can do." --The Sunday Times “Funny, astonishing and authoritative. . . . This is the brilliant and controversial French writer’s most intellectually ambitious book..” —The Guardian“Beautifully, accurately translated . . . . If ever there was a novelist for our globally dysfunctional times it’s Michel Houellebecq. . . . Long cast aside as the bad boy of books, [his] latest novel has seen him brought in from the cold, and embraced by the literary establishment for what he’s always been – not much short of a genius.” —The Mirror “One of the most important facts about Michel Houellebecq . . . is that he is a first-rate prose stylist. . . . Teasing and entertaining. . . . A page turner.” —Literary Review"Houellebecq's bewitching journey on the river of art to the cave of death and decay is a tale of eviscerating insight, caustic humor, troubling beauty, and haunting provocation." –Booklist "[Houellebecq is] a trenchant, sharp-tongued social commentator.”—Bookforum“Very likely his best [book] ever, a serious novel about aging and death that also employs its author’s trademark lugubrious wit towards some delicious exercises in satire and self-parody. . . . Challenging, mature and highly intelligent.” —The Daily Telegraph“A dark master of invention. . . . In a world of copycatting and fakery, Michel Houellebecq is an exceptional writer and a stand-out original.” —Evening Standard“An astonishing writer. . . . The Map and the Territory is funny, shocking, brutal and unbearably poignant. . . . Sublime.” —Scotland on Sunday
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About the Author
Already honored with the Prix Novembre and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Michel Houellebecq won the Prix Goncourt for The Map and the Territory in 2010.
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Product details
Series: Vintage International
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (November 13, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307946533
ISBN-13: 978-0307946539
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 0.9 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.0 out of 5 stars
110 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#487,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
After reading Houellebecq's latest book, "Submission," last year and enjoying it immensely, I decided to try reading some of his other works. This novel, "The Map and the Territory," was a well-written, funny at times, depressing at others and did well at getting its point across. However, after reading it, I must admit that I liked "Submission" better.The story, for the most part, follows the life of Jed Martin. Jed is a strange Frenchman in the sense that he reads all the old philosophical and some religious works of France, while he describes his countrymen as people who would know more about the history of Spiderman than Jesus. Drawn to the old world of France, both natural and industrial, Jed finds himself lost in the soulless modern world devoid of meaningful human contact and attempts to fill his time by becoming an artist. Starting with photography, moving on to painting and back, Jed's artistic journey reflects his search for meaning and purpose in a France which has become little more than a theme park for rich tourists and a playground for the conformist business class.I certainly enjoyed reading this book, as it is a good mix of biting lines intermixed with a depressing, lifeless reality. Having the actual author of the book appear in it as a character was a rather strange choice, but it did help give the main character a relationship that showed him where he would likely end up by the end of his life. The commentary on a society where you are defined by your job and consumerism versus a family or philosophy was thought-provoking.The reasons why I don't give this book as high of marks as "Submission" are twofold. The first reason is that the third part of the book doesn't spend as much time from the point of view of the main character and I found my interest waning in the final act because of it. The second reason is that the main character of Jed is very neutral, passive observer of his own life. He has opportunities in the book to create the meaningful connections that could have made his life better, but he chooses not to. Thus, Jed's situation is often caused by his own inertia rather than external events out of his control and he doesn't really try to fix it. It is true that the way society is now structured creates an environment of meaningless ennui and emptiness, but that isn't enough to excuse Jed's passivity.I would give the novel a 4.5 if I could, but I did really enjoy reading it what with the book's style and wit. The author is good at getting the reader to think about the flaws of modern life and what's missing from the big picture. It's certainly worth a read, even if I didn't like it quite as much as its successor.
If you've a mind to to consider the transient nature of your own life, this may be a novel worth the part of it reading will consume. The main character, an artist who by nature and occupation is a recluse, observes the natural world and human society, reflects on both, and to interpret for others and for himself, he uses photos and paint. Though he has few human contacts and even fewer human relationships, he struggles more than ordinary man to comprehend the meaning of his existence.At the present stage of my finite life, I have been working alone as an artist of sorts, a sculptor of wood, creating works unique to the world and have just had my first and probably only public gallery show of sixteen related pieces produced over a period of three years. This personal experience influenced my choice of this novel and, ultimately, my connection to the character. That what we do with our lives, our life's work, is so consuming at the exclusion of other possibilities seems a theme worthy of consideration. Also, that completing one investigation or project or occupation will lead to a period of stasis and confusion and depression until the next one presents itself seems a truth worth accepting. Then, if we still have the life-force, the energy, the verve of imagination, we might continue without choosing retreating completely from the world.What really matters to you, personally? Reading this novel may help you examine your own life.It did nudge my subconscious mind, aiding my recall of experiences and fostering new, or at least deeper, understanding of my present precarious standing on planet earth, a place where death, decay, and renewal are the natural order.
He first photographed the means of production; bolts, machines, etc. Then he photographed travel maps, giving them unusual dimensions, Then he painted portraits of famous meetings held by famous men who were at the head of production but also a cafe owner and private businessmen selling retail. In the end lonely, wealthy but isolated he took videos of his personal park, the meadow, the bushes, the trees and manipulated these videos to give special effects which were interpreted as the end of the industrial age in Europe. His personal relationships were difficult especially with his father, his only living relative. He has few lovers and then stops that side of his life. What makes this book so valuable is the look at a foreign person and foreign place beautifully drawn so we can both understand it and also wonder.
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