This description comes from the publisher. The beginning of an exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a bold and insightful novel of now. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.Ĭompulsively 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. 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. 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. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. 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. Roaming through New York City at three A.M., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture.

In Hank Green's sweeping, cinematic debut novel, a young woman becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagine. 10 Of all the issues Hank Green exploresthe price of fame, the struggle to connect with our fellow humans, the hope (and perhaps fear) of life beyond our earthwhat do you think An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is ultimately about ( Questions issued by the publisher.

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