Glauco Ortolano

Philadelphia, PA, July 07, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Brazilian writer, Glauco Ortolano, is making his debut in English writing a thought-provoking and good humored non-fiction on Humaniqueness, or the unique faculties that make human beings so different from all other species that have ever lived on the planet.

"Humans are the most singular of all species. We are the only species able to compose music, write poetry, worship gods, explore space, drink vodka and write bad checks. What other species can claim such unique packet?" says Ortolano.

The idea for the book came after Ortolano read a recent publication written by a respected paleontologist who tied human origins to fish that lived 350 billion years ago. Ortolano claims that after reading that book he can no longer enjoy going to a sushi bar.

From a quintessential poem by yet another South American poet, Vicente Huidobro, Ortolano builds an interesting paradigm to illustrate why humans are indeed small gods as Huidobro writes in his Poetic Art.

"Human beings have some key cognitive abilities that led us to a total different form of evolution when compared to the other animals, and this evolution of the brain is what has made our cultural evolution possible. And that’s why I like to say that Humaniqueness is not for fish. I doubt fish would find any humor in my book at all. After all, these unique cognitive abilities are what made it possible for us to create the hook, the net and canned sardines", continues Ortolano. "Your inner god is that little someone who resides within your body and utters profound words of truth and wisdom", he concludes.

Glauco Ortolano is a poet, novelist, essayist, and scholar most recently at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his works one finds Domingos Vera Cruz, a historical novel acclaimed by O Globo as “the greatest Brazilian odyssey of all times”. He is also known for the many articles he has published at World Literature Today including breakthrough interviews with Paulo Coelho and Ana Maria Machado translated and published in many languages around the world.

Humaniqueness: The Gift of Your Inner God (ISBN: 978-1-4357-3737-2) is available at http://www.lulu.com/content/2869850

The author can be reached at ortolanos@hotmail.com or by phone at 215-922-2312.

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