Is There Anybody Out There?
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Argentina Ediciones Iamiqué / Italy Logos Edizioni / USA Tra Publihing
White Ravens, 2022
One of the best books by Banco del Libro, 2023
Best Publishing Project Andersen Award (Logos), 2023
Who would have thought that the first extraterrestrial message would arrive in the form of a book?
Is There Anybody Out There? is a faithful reproduction of the mysterious volume found aboard a spaceship that landed on the beach in Cádiz, discovered thanks to the keen sense of smell of a poodle. An atlas of practical, impertinent, uncomfortable, disturbing, and provocative questions that invite reflection without offering definitive answers.
The book observes humanity from an external perspective, with curiosity and wonder. Through fourteen thematic maps, it explores major issues related to identity, gender, knowledge, human relationships, the environment, social organization, mathematics, language, art, and the meaning of life.
Here, the question becomes a literary and philosophical tool. An open space for dialogue, critical thinking, and the collective construction of meaning.
What is it like to be human?
Are humans good people?
Is Earth a good place to live?
Who is in charge there?
Why do some humans have so much and others so little?
On Earth, does 2+2 always equal 4?
Why do you continue to make Art?