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.
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: |
Cosmos Books (PA)
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2003 |
First published: |
August 2003 |
Authors: |
Paul Di Filippo
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Dimensions: |
206 x 126 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
180 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-58715-507-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Erotic fiction
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-58715-507-9 |
Barcode: |
9781587155079 |
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