The Map and the Territory

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• The Map and the Territory, By Michel Houellebecq

  Have Michel Houellebecq and Martin Amis ever met? Despite a stylistic gulf – one (the Frenchman) cool, the other hot – they might be spiritual cousins severed by the Manche, or the Atlantic. In this Goncourt-winning novel, as amiably mischievous as t ... (read full critics)

  independent published on Sat, 2 Jun 2012

• The Map and the Territory

  Decorate a reproduction of the Mona Lisa with a mustache and goatee, and you have a humorous take on classical painting, thought Marcel Duchamp. Paint a pipe, and beneath it, the wry caption, "this is not a pipe." Witty, to René Magritte. There's fea ... (read full critics)

  bookslut published on Tue, 7 Feb 2012

1 Review

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  the map was great

  His best book yet

  interesting take on the artistic process

  second hand/ person-personal stuff

  lots of ideas to mull / re-news interest in re-visiting some social thinkers

  clever plot / mystery stuff

  I enjoyed being ...... with

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• English Books
• Others 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0434021407
• ISBN-13: 9780434021406
• Publisher: William Heinemann
• Pub date: Sep 15, 2011
• Also available as: eBook
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, llibres en català, Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken

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