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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 |
Michel Houellebecq
Paperback | Pages: 428 pages Rating: 3.94 | 14696 Users | 992 Reviews
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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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| 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) |
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Ratings: 3.94 From 14696 Users | 992 ReviewsCritique About Books La carte et le territoire
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 itsAfter dabbling in biology in The Elementary Particles and business development in Platform, Houellebecq turns to art in The Map and the Territory. Jed Martin was an artist who as a boy began drawing flowers in his small notebooks with color pencils.Then, he turned to photographing manufactured objects such as such as handguns, diaries, and printer cartridges. But it was only when he began to photograph Michelin maps of France that he become rich and famous. Houellebecq in tracing the rise of Jed
The Prix Goncourt must be Frances version of the Booker Prize because The Map and The Territory won it last year and, reading it this year, I get the same feeling of tiredness and boredom when reading a Booker Prize winner. This is strange too because I was looking forward to this one having loved Houellebecqs previous books Platform and Lanzarote (granted, Possibility of an Island was near unreadable but I was willing to let bygones be bygones) so it was with some measure of disappointment that
Finally a map of Houellebecq territory.When I read 'Plateforme' some years ago, I dismissed Houellebecq as being overrated, and a complete misogynist, but I've changed my mind after reading La Carte et le Territoire. There are some very original plot details, interesting takes on photography and contemporary art, a bit of a meander on architecture, and plenty of information on cartography for those of us who loves maps. But the most amazing thing is that in spite of a main character who is very
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.
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
Too cold for my taste but terribly clever. I found his worldview coloring my own, which is a mark of how absorbing a writer Houellebecq is. I'm sure I would have enjoyed him more in my younger years, but I've become more generous in my late fifties, tend to cut characters more slack.
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