In his new novel, A Mouthful of Tongues, Paul Di Filippo, cult
author of Ciphers, The Steampunk Trilogy, and Ribofunk, makes his
boldest fictional statement yet. Writing in the tradition of Kathy
Acker and Samuel R. Delany, but with a subversive brio all his own,
Di Filippo here imagines a true erotic revolution, a crusade of the
libido that will topple a corrupt and jaded future world order, and
possibly much besides . . . Kerry Hackett is just another corporate
pawn in the urban cauldron of 2015, besieged on all sides by those
who would possess and exploit her. Driven to desperation, she
undergoes a mysterious transformation into an alchemical goddess,
wanderer of the timelines. In a magnificently evoked parallel
Brazil, a place of seedy splendor and charismatic lusts, Kerry, or
that which she has become, tests her carnal arsenal on targets
deserving and undeserving; but the attention of a more powerful
agency has been attracted, and a yet stranger metamorphosis awaits.
A tale of heartbreak, revenge, and liberation, written in Paul Di
Filippo's most fantastically effervescent prose, A Mouthful of
Tongues is a work of science fiction which crosses boundaries and
breaks taboos with brilliant savage abandon. It can only add to its
author's rapidly growing following, and will shake the world of
speculative fiction to its very foundations. "Out of a rich impasto
of language, a story that is sensual, sexual, and hot takes shape
around one of the most engaging heroines since Southern and
Hoffenberg's Candy." --Samuel R. Delany "Sacred sin, that's Di
Filippo's force here. We have participated in a transpersonal act
that lifts our consciousness above the situational polarities of
morality and into the psyche's unknown, where objective energetic
processes fuse dream and matter--and make us us. A ruthless fantasy
of aggressive sexuality and archaic intentions." --A. A. Attanasio
General
Imprint: |
Borgo Press,The
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2002 |
First published: |
March 2002 |
Authors: |
Paul Di Filippo
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Dimensions: |
225 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
184 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-58715-506-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Fantasy
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-58715-506-0 |
Barcode: |
9781587155062 |
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