An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELER

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In his much-anticipated 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 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.

An Incredibly Extraordinary Thing is Hank Green's #1 New York Times bestselling novel. He's also the CEO of Complexly, a production firm that makes instructional content like Crash Course and SciShow, earning him the title of one of America's most popular scientific professors, according to The Washington Post. On YouTube, Complexly's videos have been seen over two billion times. DFTBA.com, which lets online creators make money by selling fun goods to their audiences, and VidCon, the world's largest conference for the online video community, are two of Green's other small enterprises. In 2017, VidCon attracted over 45,000 people to three events in Anaheim, Amsterdam, and Australia.

Hank and his brother, John, also founded the Project for Awesome, which earned over $200,000 for charities such as Save the Children and Partners in Health last year. Hank, his wife, son, and cat live in Montana.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
EAN	9780525641780
Titel	An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Veröffentlichungsdatum	2018-09-25
Format	Audiobook Unabridged
Studio	Penguin Group USA
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar

By (author)	Hank Green
Read by	Kristen Sieh
Read by	Hank Green