Poderosamente relevante e imposible de dejar de leer, Algo absolutamente extraordinario trata grandes temas de actualidad como las redes sociales, la radicalizacion de los discursos y la deshumanizacion que conlleva la fama.
La vida de April May nunca volvera a ser la misma. Volviendo a casa a
las tres de la manana, April se encontro con una escultura gigante,
sobre la que colgo un video. Ahora los Carls, las misteriosas estatuas
que aparecen y desaparecen en el mundo entero, se han hecho virales, y April May con ellas.?Sera esta su oportunidad para dejar huella en el mundo? April pronto descubrira las consecuencias que toda esta atencion conlleva, y que el mundo haya depositado en ella la responsabilidad de averiguar que son los Carls y, sobre todo# que quieren de nosotros.
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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But
beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play. -San
Francisco Chronicle
In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green-cocreator of Crash
Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow-spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a
young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she’s part of
something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly
imagined.
The Carls just appeared.
Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April
May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and
craftsmanship-like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai
armor-April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy
uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new
life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around
the world-from Beijing to Buenos Aires-and April, as their first
documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media
spotlight.
Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to
deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her
relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on April to
figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.
Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable
Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing
fame, rhetoric, and radicalization; how our culture deals with fear and
uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring for the same
dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. The beginning of an
exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a bold and
insightful novel of now.
