Michel Houellebecq, Michel Thomas born in Reunion in 1956 as his birth in 1958 and according to him! His pen name is the maiden name of his paternal grandmother léleva. Michel Houellebecq is a poet, essayist, novelist and film director. Since the late 1990s, it is one of the French-speaking contemporary authors the best known and translated worldwide. In 2010 he received the Prix Goncourt for The Map and the Territory, his fifth novel. Jed Martin is an artist, first photographer taking as about the hardware it gets some fame when he directs his career towards Michelin maps photo (hence the novel's title) and then international fame and fortune when he sattaque to the paint. Dune son mother committed suicide when he was architect of a child and father, Jed Martin is a loner. For an exhibition of his work he gets to meet the writer Michel Houellebecq, with him in Ireland, so that it write to him the blurb in its catalog. Without friends, the two men will meet again and Jed Martin has the opportunity to offer him one of his paintings in his new home in the Loiret, the village where the writer spent his childhood. Some time later, Houellebecq is murdered in horrible conditions and the painter will participate in the investigation police to find the murderer. The last decades of his life, Jed Martin continues his artistic work as a videographer before séteindre riddled with cancer. These are basically the outline of the novel. Of course Michel Houellebecq does not just tell us Jed Martin's life, his novel is full of reflections and considerations on our world. A very modern book, completely in his time are addressed many issues raised by our company, leuthanasie to breast implants, the role of punishment for the guilty to aspects of economic and market crisis, anything that makes our news néchappe acuity in the eyes of the writer. Houellebecq also knows how to be deeper when he discusses the role and essence of the artist to LOEUVRE and WHEN IT thinks and gives us his analysis on the state of our society, induces the consumption process. As almost always in his novels, there is a fascination for technical and technology, whether through notices or extracts demploi modes quoted almost verbatim, or his supposed love of luxury cars - and pointed their exam respective merits. Here, we are entitled to extensive technical explanations on cameras and their use. Dune More generally, his descriptions are always very precise and clinical Whether it dun dun place or object. By cons, which in my opinion, distinguishes this book from his earlier books, this is his state of mind. Certainly, there is a feature of nature by making fun of the mouth of many people and things like art critics, the press, the people, the sores, macho, women and homosexuals etc. etc. But the tone is less provocative (although his vision of women still leaves a bit of a dreamer), less acerbic criticism. Same sex, an area where Houellebecq likes to shock the reader is much more discreet in this novel. Of course he can not help but start a phrase or thought word but we remain in the field for a prude lacceptable player. In this novel, Houellebecq seems to have reached a serenity quon did not know him, as confirmed dune Jed Martin lissue meeting with writer character in the novel, "He had the air happy." Prodigious setting abyss. We also delight for the intrusion in his novel, people known as Frédéric Beigbeder, Jean-Pierre Pernaut or in other situations not benefiting, and especially of this extraordinary idea SETRE itself staged as a hero his own novel, going up sassassiner! Great art and long jubilant pages giving us the impression dentrer in the life of this secret writer. The writing is still fluid and this makes extremely comfortable reading and unforeseen lirruption with police investigation of a crime in the last chapter before lépilogue gives an ultimate boost, a boost to the rhythm of the novel. An excellent book, unquestionably at least for me, which does not mean quon adheres to all its theories or visions of things.
"Quest is it that defines a man? What is the question that arises lon first to a man, lorsquon wishes inform themselves of his condition? In some societies, asked married First of sil, sil has children; in our societies, in the first place is sinterroge on his profession. This is his place in the production process, not its reproductive status, the man who defined primarily Western. "
