TONGUES BY ANDERS NILSEN

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From the three-time Igantz award-winning artist and author ofBig Questionscomes a fascinating graphic novel retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus

“An extraordinary reinvention of some of our oldest stories. Nilsen brings these old gods to an electrifying new life, and gives us a new sense of humanity as well.”Alexander Chee, author ofHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel

Mind-bendingly good. Its up there withMaus, Fun Home, Persepolis, Jimmy Corrigan.Mark Haddon, author ofThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Set in a version of modern Central Asia,Tonguesis a retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus. It follows the captive gods friendship with the eagle who carries out his daily sentence of torture and chronicles his pursuit of revenge on the god that has imprisoned him.

Prometheuss story is entwined with that of an East African orphan on an errand of murder, and a young man with a teddy bear strapped to his back, wandering aimlessly into catastrophe (a character readers may recognize from NilsensDogs and Water). The story is set against the backdrop of tensions between rival groups in an oil-rich wilderness.

Tonguesis both an adventure story and a meditation on human nature in our present fraught, historical moment.

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