« Une pièce isolée n’a pas de sens en soi » Les stratégies de montage du Perec d’aujourd’hui

References to Georges Perec are particularly useful when we search for the point at which the different directions taken by Houellebecq’s work converge. The most appropriate metaphor to describe Houellebecq’s universe is that of the puzzle. La Carte et le territoire provides a typical demonstration of all the strategies deployed by the author in this regard.