Atlas ilustrado del cuerpo humano
Pablo Maurette

ESSAY | 2023 | 232 pages

Twenty-two anatomical essays, illustrated by Julio César Pérez

Although we’d like to be able to map it out in precise detail, the human body has always refused to offer us a definitive map of itself. The only thing we have are bits and pieces, invitations to digress and fantasize.

Essayist Pablo Maurette and artist Julio César Pérez have embarked on this cartographic adventure with the assumption that they will fail when it comes to making any universal claims, and have composed an atlas of the human body that is as fragmented as it is dazzling—an itinerary that makes use of history and science and art history, but also uses details and particularities, prosaic anecdotes, wonder, and melancholy in order to invite us to reflect on the very things that make us up.

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“With great erudition, but never renouncing a simple writing style, Pablo Maurette collects his knowledge about philosophy, history, and literature in order to discuss a topic that affects us all: the body we inhabit.”
— Infobae