The Map and the Territory

Fülszöveg

Having made his name with an exhibition of photographs of Michelin roadmaps - beautiful works that won praise from every corner of the 19 art world - Jed Martin is now emerging from a ® ten-year hiatus. And he has had somé 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 novelist Michel Houellebecq.The great writer has agreed to write the text for the exhibition guide, for which he will be paid handsomely and alsó have his portrait
painted byjed.
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... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Having made his name with an exhibition of photographs of Michelin roadmaps - beautiful works that won praise from every corner of the 19 art world - Jed Martin is now emerging from a ® ten-year hiatus. And he has had somé 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 novelist Michel Houellebecq.The great writer has agreed to write the text for the exhibition guide, for which he will be paid handsomely and alsó have his portrait
painted byjed.
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 Francé into a tourist paradise come together to create a daringly playful and originál twist on the contemporary növel from a modern master of the form.
PRAISE FOR
¦ ¦ Michel ¦¦ ¦
Houellebecq
'Currently France's greatest literary export.' The Times
'Houellebecq writes with humour as sharp as a razor's edge. There is bravery and even bravado in Houellebecq's prose.'
Financial Times Vissza