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Readers who have certain expectations regarding Houellebecq's work will be surprised – there is not a single sexual scene in the book. The author has evidently decided to shock again, but in the least expected way: he is 'calm' and successfully attempts to pay tribute to the realists of the nineteenth century. Houellebecq tells the story of painter and photographer Jed Martin. His mother committed suicide, and he sees his father only sporadically. He began his artistic career at the Beaux-Arts academy by photographing inanimate objects, but when he discovered how fascinating maps are, he started focusing particularly on the relationship between the map and the depicted territory. He discovered a completely original creative process involving photographing Michelin maps from various angles – the resulting artistic photos, when properly enlarged and installed, take on the dimension of an extraordinary work of art...
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Author: Houellebecq Michel
Publication date: July 30, 2025
Manufacturer: Euromedia Group, a.s.
Genres: Novels, Books, Fiction, World fiction
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 288
ISBN/EAN: 9788020722676