The Atlas of Prejudice is a continuation of the highly successful Mapping Stereotypes project by visual artist Yanko Tsvetkov. Started in January 2009, the project soon became a viral online sensation. It was gradually expanded to contain more than 40 stereotype maps, which the author describes as cartographic caricatures ridiculing the worst excesses of human bigotry and narrow-mindedness. The essays that accompany them narrate the story of the project and contemplate humanity's affair with prejudice since the dawn of civilization. They offer an even deeper but equally hilarious perspective on our inherent tendency to randomly blame people simply because someone convinced us that they ate our breakfast. According to this book, the first domesticated animal was not the dog, but the scapegoat. The razor-sharp irony of the author will guide you through the delusions of the ancient civilizations of Greece and China, reveal the stupefying amalgam of superstition and paranoia of the Middle Ages and it will leave you begging for more with a grotesquely hilarious prediction about the future of Europe. Satire and cartography rarely come in a single package but in the Atlas of Prejudice they successfully blend to produce a book that is shockingly funny and disturbingly thought-provoking all at the same time.

One hundred stereotype maps glazed with the most exquisite human prejudice, especially collected for you by Yanko Tsvetkov, author of the viral Mapping Stereotypes project. Satire and cartography rarely come in a single package but in the Atlas of Prejudice they successfully blend in a work of art that is both funny and thought-provoking. The book is based on Mapping Stereotypes, Yanko Tsvetkov's critically acclaimed project that became a viral Internet sensation in 2009. A reliable weapon against bigots of all kinds, it serves as an inexhaustible source of much needed argumentation and—occasionally—as a nice slab of paper that can be used to smack them across the face whenever reasoning becomes utterly impossible. The Complete Collection version of the Atlas contains all maps from the previously published two volumes and adds twenty five new ones, wrapping the best-selling series in a single extended edition.

Enter a whimsical realm of gender-fluid deities, leprechauns in distress, shape-shifting cyber insects, scorpions that hatch out of broken human hearts, and sea monsters that make entire planets spin backwards. Fast paced and irreverently funny, the eclectic story cycle spans multiple genres, from fantasy to horror and science fiction. Inspired by the classic narrative styles of One Thousand and One Nights and medieval travelogues, bestselling author Yanko Tsvetkov reinvents the fairy tale and builds an imaginary world full of wonder, mystery and humor. The text is accompanied by unique, eye-catching illustrations created by Alphadesigner, Tsvetkov’s equally creative alter ego.

“Love, my dear, is the opium of the masses!” A tyrannical queen rules the island of Severia with an iron fist, while her loyal vizierienne is determined to persuade her that in the art of government and politics, it is better to be loved than feared. The steaks are high. Those who challenge the views of the trigger-happy monarch often perish in terrifying circumstances. Some fall down the stairs of the palace. Others die strangled by their own intestines. The most daring offenders are publicly beheaded by the queen’s trusted headswoman, Esther. She is a talented executioner whose fame spreads as far as the kingdom of Cynocephalia, inhabited by dog-headed people. Its ruler, King Anubis II, is an obsessive-compulsive bureaucrat who follows the letter of the law with religious vigor. Only reckless explorers and hopeless criminals dare to sail in the stormy waters of the Arctic Ocean that surround the Far North, where there is nothing but nothingness. The lucky among them die from hypothermia, while the rest are maimed and eaten by polar unicorns—sea monsters with insatiable appetite for human flesh. Farther away, unbeknown to the rest of the world, lie the scattered islands of the Cycloptic archipelago, where the mighty Hyperborean Empire rises and falls in splendid isolation. The first Hyperborean to reach the Old World is a ginger-haired giant who gets stranded on a beach in the queendom of Epiphagia. Its founders adopted a philosophy called egalitarianism and as a result their descendants evolved into headless freaks who speak a strange language called French. Their queen, Marie Antoinette, is a woman with a big heart and an even bigger addiction to pastry. With Codex Hyperboreanus Yanko Tsvetkov embarks on yet another journey through an imaginary world, where myth, romance, horror, and politics blend in a captivating amalgam of comic fantasy. A seasoned storyteller and bestselling author, Tsvetkov again draws inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights and medieval literature to effortlessly reinvent their timeless subjects to modern sensibilities. The stories complement those found in the previous book from the Apophenia series, Sex, Drugs and Tales of Wonder. The accompanying illustrations are once again drawn by Tsvetkov’s creative alter ago, Alphadesigner.

An illustrated companion to Yanko Tsvetkov’s best-selling fairy tale series Apophenia, credited to his artistic alter-ego Alphadesigner, The Schmetterschwanz Manuscript is a daring experiment in surrealist world building in the tradition of classic masterpieces like the Voynich Manuscript and Codex Seraphinianus. While those authors rely on asemic writing or constructed language to inspire a sense of mystery and wonder in their readers, Alphadesigner preemptively reveals the code of his manuscript’s elaborate alphabet in the very beginning. Yet, what is supposed to serve as a key to understanding is in fact a trick of artistic gaslighting. Although the supposedly decoded text obeys the rules of English grammar and syntax, its meaning remains obscure, and the only potential hints exist not in the actual words but in the artworks they illustrate. The introductory essays and notes offer yet another layer of mystery, for they are written not from the author’s point of view but from that of fictional characters, scientists from the Kingdom of Word—an imaginary country full of petty bureaucrats and pedantic librarians who worship scientific determinism and frown upon the untamed imagination of “undisciplined minds.” The juxtaposition between the frivolously nonsensical illustrations and the desperate attempts of the clerks in their search for meaning is where Alphadesigner’s true talent shines—he brilliantly emulates the role of an impartial observer, satirising but also empathizing with both sides in the dispute. Existing somewhere between pseudoscientific satire and surrealist eroticism, The Schmetterschwanz Manuscript is a brilliant addition to Tsvetkov’s Apophenia series, offering an alternative look at its picturesque world.

A genre-bending short story cycle inspired by classical mythology and folk tales from around the world. Best-selling author and cosmopolitan mythographer Yanko Tsvetkov effortlessly subverts classical narratives about psychotic messiahs and damsels in distress, only to reinvent them as postmodern meta-myths about gender-fluid deities that not only struggle to control, but are often trapped within their own amusing creations. Half psychedelic romance and half political satire, Apophenia will immerse you into an eclectic universe of parallel worlds and competing pantheons that defy the expectations of the most adventurous readers. This extended edition combines the previously published volumes Sex Drugs and Tales of Wonder and Codex Hyperboreanus along with thirteen brand new tales from yet another, previously unexplored corner of the Apophenia universe—the village of Caudilla and its hypnotic wheat fields, grumpy olive trees, and bulls that lay golden eggs.

El Atlas de los prejuicios es la continuación del muy exitoso proyecto Cartografía de los estereotipos del artista Yanko Tsvetkov. Iniciado en enero de 2009, el proyecto se convirtió rápidamente en una sensación en Internet. Fue expandido gradualmente llegando a contener más de 40 mapas sobre los estereotipos, los que el autor describe como caricaturas cartográficas que ridiculizan los peores excesos de la mentecatez intolerante. Los ensayos que acompañan estos mapas narran la historia del proyecto y contemplan las aventuras con los prejuicios que acompañan al hombre desde el alba de la civilización. Éstos ofrecen una perspectiva más profunda pero igualmente hilarante en cuanto a nuestra tendencia inherente a culpar a los demás al azar por las nimiedades más insignificantes. De acuerdo con este libro, el primer animal domesticado no fue el perro sino el chivo expiatorio. La ironía afilada y punzante del autor te guiará a lo largo de los espejismos de las antiguas civilizaciones de Grecia y China, te revelará la pasmosa amalgama de supersticiones y de paranoia de la Edad Media y te dejará deseando más y más con la predicción grotescamente cómica sobre el futuro de Europa. En raras ocasiones nos llegan la sátira y la cartografía en un solo ejemplar, pero en el Atlas de los prejuicios éstos se funden victoriosamente para consumar un libro que es incendiariamente cómico y perturbadoramente incitante al razonamiento profundo, todo al mismo tiempo.

Jeder sieht die Welt mit eigenen Augen. Wie sehr die eigene Perspektive den Blick auf die Welt bestimmt, das deckt der Atlas der Vorurteile des bulgarischen Designers Yanko Tsvetkov schonungslos auf. Europa aus der Sicht von Deutschland oder Griechenland da werden fundamentale Unterschiede deutlich. Europa durch die Brille des Vatikans oder von Schwulen-Seite aus betrachtet größere Abweichungen sind kaum denkbar. Eine herrlich komische Sammlung von Vorurteilen und verqueren Informationen, die wohl alle ein Körnchen Wahrheit enthalten vor allem aber unsere eigenen, bisweilen abstrusen Ängste ad absurdum führen. Diese ganz besonderen Landkarten, die im Internet zu einem unglaublichen Erfolg wurden, sind hier erstmals in Buchform versammelt und bieten eine noch nie gesehene Vielfalt an teils schrägen, teils hinterhältig-bösen Vorurteilen. Neu hinzu kommen exklusiv für dieses Buch erstellte Karten und ein Essay des Künstlers über seine erstaunlichen Erfahrungen mit diesem Projekt.

"The Atlas of prejudice is a continuation of the highly successful Mapping stereotypes project by visual artist Yank Tsvetkov. Started in January 2009, the project soon became a viral online sensation. It was gradually expanded to contain more than 40 stereotype maps, wihch the author describes as cartographic caricatures ridiculing the worst excesses of human bigotry and narrowmindedness. The essays that accompany them narrate the story of the project and contemplate humanity's affair with prejudice since the dawn of civilization. They offer an even deeper but equally hilarious perspective on our inherent tendency to randomly blame people simply because someone has convinced us that they ate our breakfast. According to this book, the first domesticated animal was not the dog, but the scapegoat. The razor-sharp irony of the author will guide you through the delusions of the ancient civilizations of Greece and China, reveal the stupefying amalgam of superstition and paranoia of the Middle Ages and it will leave you begging for more with a grotesquely hilarious prediction about the future of Europe."--Page 4 of cover of English version.

Les préjugés ont la vie dure. La montée des populismes, les tensions aux frontières, les replis nationaux sont le terreau des idées reçues et des préjugés. Comme le rire et l'humour sont parfois plus efficaces que de longs discours, ce livre est un atlas d'un genre nouveau où chaque carte porte un regard satirique, souvent décalé et toujours drôle sur les idées que les peuples se font de leurs voisins. Pour cette nouvelle édition actualisée, l'auteur a imaginé 15 nouvelles cartes, dont le monde selon Vladimir Poutine, Donald Trump ou Marine Le Pen. On trouvera également, outre les grands stéréotypes qui collent à la peau de chaque pays, l'inventaire des préjugés sur les talents culinaires de nos voisins, sur les homosexuels ou encore les réfugiés syriens. Un livre qui parle des autres et qui finalement nous apprend beaucoup sur nous-mêmes.