by Wu Ming · Sembra Llibres · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788494373664
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«Cantamapes: Atles subversiu de llocs i històries curioses» is the atlas by the Wu Ming collective from Sembra Llibres in paperback (128 pages, in Catalan).
Guido and Adele Cantamapes travel the world and keep maps, photos and clippings of amazing adventures in their Llibrot de Viatges. A librarian helps them unfold stories of real and imaginary countries: a Mongolian worm, a plastic island, a capybara, with echoes of racism, wars and the defense of nature.
Number 17 in the Sembra Llibres collection. Translation by Xavier Mínguez and illustrations by Paolo Domeniconi. Original title: «Cantalamappa».
Recommended for readers aged 8 and up, also for adults who appreciate illustrated books with a critical background.
Wu Ming-yi is a multidisciplinary Taiwanese writer and scholar. Wu has published collections of essays, short stories and novels. He is best known for his novels The Man with the Compound Eyes and The Stolen Bicycle, the latter of which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2018.
