Map & the Territory

图书标准信息

• 作者 Michel Houellebecq 著
• 出版社 Random House Export
• 出版时间 2011-09
• ISBN 9780434021413
• 定价 105.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 304页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

HavingmadehisnamewithanexhibitionofphotographsofMichelinroadmaps-beautifulworksthatwonpraisefromeverycorneroftheartworld-JedMartinisnowemergingfromaten-yearhiatus.Andhehashadsomegoodnews.Ithasnothingtodowithhisbrokenboiler,theapproachofanotherlamentablyawkwardannualChristmasdinnerwithhisfatherorthememoryofhisdoomedloveaffairwiththebeautifulOlga.Itisthat,forhisnewexhibition,hehassecuredtheinvolvementofnoneotherthantheFrenchnovelistMichelHouellebecq.Thegreatwriterhasagreedtowritethetextfortheexhibitionguide,forwhichhewillbepaidhandsomelyandalsohavehisportraitpaintedbyJed.Theexhibition-'Professions',aseriesofportraitsofordinaryandextraordinarypeopleatwork-bringsJednewlevelsofglobalfame.Yethisboilerisstillbroken,hisailingfatherflirtswithoblivionand,worsestill,heiscontactedbyoneInspectorJasselin,whorequestshisassistanceinsolvinganunspeakable,atrociousandgruesomecrime.Art,money,fathers,sons,death,loveandthetransformationofFranceintoatouristparadisecometogethertocreateadaringlyplayfulandoriginaltwistonthecontemporarynovelfromamodernmasteroftheform.

【作者简介】

MichelHouellebecqisapoet,essayistandnovelist.Heistheauthoroffivenovels,Whatever,Atomised,Platform,ThePossibilityofanIslandandTheMapandtheTerritory,whichwontheprestigiousPrixGoncourt.