Inspired by the question, What are they doing right at this moment on
the other side of the world? this book focuses on natural and human
events happening all over the world in the same second. Talking about
the world and how it's so different in places but also so similar and
shared, so incredible and surprising, the books takes us to New York,
Chicago, Mexico, Portugal, Angola, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Hungry,
Brazil, and South Africa, among others.
So, while you sit turning the pages of this book, things are happening
everywhere. Somewhere, a wave is reaching the shore. Elsewhere, an
orange falls from a tree. In yet other places, there's a traffic jam, a
stuck elevator, and someone's going to sleep. Inevitably, a book is
coming to an end as another is beginning. Time is always in a hurry,
never, ever stopping, and yet as you focus on these lovely
illustrations, which stand as true evocations of place, time begins to
slow down and, for moments, it even feels as if time has stopped, and
you are transported - out of the flow of time and into the wholeness and
purity of a moment. A moment of bird flight; a moment of daydreaming
while washing the dishes; a moment of wondering how something felt and
what came next.
Isabel Minhós Martins is a Portuguese author and publisher whose
words are found in works of poetry, children's books, magazines, comic
books, and scripts for animations. She is also the publisher of Planeta
Tangerina, a Portuguese publishing company. Several of her books have
already been published by the Tate.
Bernardo Carvalho is an illustrator and graphic designer from Lisbon
whose work has been honored with multiple awards.
