Overview
Imagina queā¦
* Tomas el sol en una isla creada de manera artificial con espuma helada.
* Colonizas una ciudad junto a ChernĆ³bil que jamĆ”s llegĆ³ a ser habitada.
* Pernoctas en un cementerio habitado (por vivos) en el norte de Manila.
* Visitas un microestado fundado en una plataforma armamentĆstica en mitad del ocĆ©ano.
* Conoces al amor de tu vida en una campiƱa britƔnica, capital del sexo al aire libre.
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Alastair Bonnett escribe sobre 48 lugares fuera del mapa. Una oda a la peculiaridad de un lugar frente a un mundo globalizado. A lo inesperado en un planeta mapeado (y por tanto explicado) por las nuevas grandes corporaciones. A las fronteras difusas y las fantasĆas reales. A la idea de que ni el hombre actual lo sabe todo ni todo estĆ” descubierto y conquistado. Al territorio como fĆ”brica de nuestras vidas, donde construimos nuestra identidad y memoria.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
New islands are under construction or emerging because of climate change. Eccentric enclaves and fantastic utopian experiments are multiplying. Once-secret fantasy gardens are cracking open their doors to outsiders. Our world is becoming stranger by the dayāand Alastair Bonnett observes and captures every fascinating change.
In Beyond the Map, Bonnett presents stories of the worldās most extraordinary spacesāmany unmarked on any official mapāall of which challenge our assumptions about what we knowāor think we knowāabout our world. As cultural, religious and political boundaries ebb and flow with each passing day, traditional maps unravel and fragment. With the same adventurous spirit he effused in the acclaimed Unruly Places, Bonnett takes us to thirty-nine incredible spots around the globe to explore these changing boundaries and stimulate our geographical imagination. Some are tied to disruptive contemporary political turbulence, such as the rise of ISIL, Russiaās incursions into Ukraine and the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom. Others explore the secret places not shown on Google Earth or reflect fast-changing landscapes.
Beyond the Map journeys out into a world of mysterious, daunting and magical spaces. It is a world of hidden cultures and ghostly memories, of uncountable new islands and curious stabs at paradise. From the phantom tunnels of the Tokyo subway to a stunning movie-set re-creation of 1950s-era Moscow; from the caliphate of the Islamic State to virtual cybertopiasāthis book serves as an imaginative guide to the farthest fringes of geography.
* Tomas el sol en una isla creada de manera artificial con espuma helada.
* Colonizas una ciudad junto a ChernĆ³bil que jamĆ”s llegĆ³ a ser habitada.
* Pernoctas en un cementerio habitado (por vivos) en el norte de Manila.
* Visitas un microestado fundado en una plataforma armamentĆstica en mitad del ocĆ©ano.
* Conoces al amor de tu vida en una campiƱa britƔnica, capital del sexo al aire libre.
***
Alastair Bonnett escribe sobre 48 lugares fuera del mapa. Una oda a la peculiaridad de un lugar frente a un mundo globalizado. A lo inesperado en un planeta mapeado (y por tanto explicado) por las nuevas grandes corporaciones. A las fronteras difusas y las fantasĆas reales. A la idea de que ni el hombre actual lo sabe todo ni todo estĆ” descubierto y conquistado. Al territorio como fĆ”brica de nuestras vidas, donde construimos nuestra identidad y memoria.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
New islands are under construction or emerging because of climate change. Eccentric enclaves and fantastic utopian experiments are multiplying. Once-secret fantasy gardens are cracking open their doors to outsiders. Our world is becoming stranger by the dayāand Alastair Bonnett observes and captures every fascinating change.
In Beyond the Map, Bonnett presents stories of the worldās most extraordinary spacesāmany unmarked on any official mapāall of which challenge our assumptions about what we knowāor think we knowāabout our world. As cultural, religious and political boundaries ebb and flow with each passing day, traditional maps unravel and fragment. With the same adventurous spirit he effused in the acclaimed Unruly Places, Bonnett takes us to thirty-nine incredible spots around the globe to explore these changing boundaries and stimulate our geographical imagination. Some are tied to disruptive contemporary political turbulence, such as the rise of ISIL, Russiaās incursions into Ukraine and the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom. Others explore the secret places not shown on Google Earth or reflect fast-changing landscapes.
Beyond the Map journeys out into a world of mysterious, daunting and magical spaces. It is a world of hidden cultures and ghostly memories, of uncountable new islands and curious stabs at paradise. From the phantom tunnels of the Tokyo subway to a stunning movie-set re-creation of 1950s-era Moscow; from the caliphate of the Islamic State to virtual cybertopiasāthis book serves as an imaginative guide to the farthest fringes of geography.
This book title, Fuera del mapa / Beyond the Map: Unruly Enclaves, Ghostly Places, Emerging Lands and Our Search For New Utopias, ISBN: 9788410323667, by Alastair Bonnett, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (August 19, 2025) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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