An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: Hank Green (The Carls, 1)

In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green - co-creator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers and SciShow - spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realising she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work 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 armour - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which And y 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 - everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires - and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre of an intense international media spotlight. Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find 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 radicalisation; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring from the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. EAN: 9781473224209 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 2019 Autoren: Green, Hank Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 343 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / General~FICTION / Science Fiction / General Keyword: angst; LGBTQ; adventure; mental health; terrorism; science fiction; aliens; coming of age; viral; puzzles; Matt Haig; thriller; Holly Bourne; gay; New York; twitter; YouTube; VR; Andy Weir; Matt Damon; podcast; Robin Sloan; Paper Towns; The Martian; dreams; fortune; news; media; fame; trolls; Nerdfighters; Ernest Cline; Ready Player One; celebrity; The Fault in Our Stars; John Green; Cara Delevingne; DFTBA; Vlogbrothers; VidCon; Turtles All the Way Down; Project for Awesome; April May; robots; first contact; NYC; teen; Darker Shades; bisexual; J.K Rowling; Mr Penumbra; V.E. Schwab; Becky Albertalli; Adam Silvera Fachschema: Amerikanische Belletristik / Science Fiction~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Science Fiction Fachkategorie: Klassische Science-Fiction-Literatur~Kinder/Jugendliche: Gegenwartsliteratur~Kinder/Jugendliche: Persönliche und soziale Themen: Erste / neue Erfahrungen und Erwachsenwerden Interesse Alter: empfohlenes Alter: ab 12 Jahre Altersempfehlung / Lesealter: 18 ab Alter: 12 Imprint-Titels: TRAPEZE Länge: 195 mm Breite: 128 mm Höhe: 27 mm Gewicht: 248 gr Produktform: Kartoniert