The Map and the Territory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307946539)

The most celebrated and controversial French novelist of our time delivers a riveting masterpiece about art and money, love and friendship, and fathers and sons.

Jed Martin is an artist. His first photographs feature Michelin road maps, and global success arrives with his series on professions: portraits of various personalities, including a writer named Houellebecq. Not long afterward, Jed helps a police inspector solve a heinous crime that leaves lasting marks on everyone involved. But after burying his father and growing old himself, Jed also discovers serenity, a deeply moving conclusion to a life of lovers, friends, and family, and filled with hopes, losses, and dreams.

Author: Michel Houellebecq
ISBN-10: 0307946533
ISBN-13: 9780307946539
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2012
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.30w x 0.83d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/09/2012 pg. 32