Atlas of Prejudice 2: Chasing Horizons, Vol. 2 - Softcover

Tsvetkov, Yanko

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1495395871 ISBN 13: 9781495395871

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Atlas of Prejudice 2 will help you overcome the post-coital tristesse that’s been torturing you since you finished reading the first volume. It will take you to fresh climactic heights, unveiling new fascinating landscapes of human bigotry.

The book offers a unique view on otherwise trivial subjects like the Spanish Reconquista and its incestuous but God-fearing masterminds Isabella and Ferdinand, the transatlantic voyages of a racist xenophobe called Christopher Columbus, the passion for ridiculous hats of an Ottoman sultan, the love affair between Charlemagne and Pope Leo III, and the discovery of America by Scandinavian socialists known as the Vikings.

You will also find out that virtuous men, like Alexander the Great, only commit mistakes when they listen to women; what’s the difference between the author’s grandmother and Amelia Earhart; how many mummies did Europeans eat during the Renaissance; and why unicorns, who love the company of virgins, got extinct in the early 17th Century, never to be seen again.

In the moments when it doesn’t reinvent history, the book offers a stomach-cramping map of horrible European food, a guide for dividing the Old Continent, a prophecy about the aftermath of the coming Blitzjihad, and a world map according to Facebook users.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

The Mapping Stereotypes project developed from a satirical map of Europe made by Yanko Tsvetkov in 2009. After it became viral on the Internet, the author started expanding the initially spontaneous idea, focusing on national and historical prejudices and stereotypes.

The project has been featured widely in the media all over the world: BBC Radio, The Telegraphand The Guardian newspapers in the UK; the Rai Uno TV, Corriere della Sera newspaper andFocus magazine in Italy; the Izvestiya newspaper in Russia; The Times of India; the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Germany; the Aftenposten newspaper in Norway; Newsweek Polska magazine in Poland; The Daily Beast and Wired in the USA; the regional editions of GQ magazine in Brazil and South Africa; the Semana magazine in Colombia; the Sábado magazine in Portugal; and many others.

The German Stern recognized it as "Satire of the Year" in its 2011 kaleidoscope edition.After the publication of the German edition of the Atlas of Prejudice in February 2013, the newspaper Die Zeit described the project as "ironic and at the same time an effective contribution to cultural understanding." Der Spiegel magazine added, "Not since the creation of the Asterix comics have national prejudices entered our culture in such an entertaining way."

About the Author

Yanko Tsvetkov is a Bulgarian artist who lives in Spain, writes in English, and publishes books in Germany. He leads a second life as a superhero who fights prejudice with his giant laser.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1495395871
• ISBN 13: 9781495395871
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 70
• Illustrator: Tsvetkov Yanko