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Hank Green

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

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In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green 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. 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 armor--April and her 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--everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires--and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center 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 radicalization; 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.
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  • Lezlie Pezshared an impression5 years ago

    Ha sido uno de mis libros favoritos este año,la mezcla de scifi y el mental health es perfecto Hank Green sin duda sabe como construir una historia. Esperando por la segunda parte.

  • Lena Nikolaevashared an impression6 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🚀Unputdownable

  • Sol Correashared an impression2 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    😄LOLZ

Quotes

  • Karina Lebedevahas quoted3 years ago
    bent over backward
  • Karina Lebedevahas quoted3 years ago
    Humanity, what do you think of us?”

    “Beautiful,” Carl replied
  • Karina Lebedevahas quoted3 years ago
    But addiction isn’t necessarily about the specific thing; it’s about mental reliance, it’s a bug in your brain software

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