Tonguecat: A Novel
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A Visionary Novel By a Leading New International Writer Tonguecat tells the story of a citys decline into chaos and violence upon the arrival of Prometheus the titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind. In the Netherlands the novel has been described as a cross between Jorge Luis Borgess mystical labyrinth and William Gibsons futuristic sprawl (The Rights Report). As the novel opens Prometheus abandons a mythical primeval world ruled by violence for a cold earthly city that is perpetually in renewala caricature of the city in which we live. Once descended Ulrike an orphaned girl whose body produces music guides Prometheus though the slums of the city. Prometheus finds himself in a counterculture of squatters junkies and storytelling whorescalled tonguecats. The fire of resistance is smoldering all through the city; although the court continues to function opposition to the monarchy mounts and the king leaves his palace in search of human warmth. Peter Verhelsts story together with the city bursts apart at the seams. Tonguecat is a visionary noveland a tour de force of imaginative and surreal writing.
