Altmann’s Tongue: 30th Anniversary Edition (December 2024)
A collection by Brian Evenson
Introduction by John Langan
Afterword and Story Notes by Brian Evenson
Artwork by Chris Nurse
SYNOPSIS: Join us in celebrating the 30th anniversary of Brian Evenson’s first book, a collection that marked the arrival of an important writer of dark fiction, praised by Peter Straub for going “furthest out on the sheerest, least sheltered narrative precipice” and who has since won the O. Henry, Shirley Jackson, International Horror Guild, and World Fantasy awards. This deluxe limited hardcover edition features an original introduction by John Langan, as well as an extensive new afterword and story notes by Evenson (nearly 10K words of new material).
Available in two limited edition states:
235 numbered, offset printed, Smyth-sewn, cloth-covered hardcovers, signed by Brian Evenson and John Langan, $75. |
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15 lettered, offset printed, Smyth-sewn, traycased hardcovers, both book and traycase completely hand made using the finest materials, signed by Brian Evenson and John Langan, $TBD but at least $750 based on anticipated materials and labor.
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Praise for ALTMAN'S TONGUE:
"Showing off Evenson's myriad skills, the stories range from rural tales of death to a retelling of the biblical Job story, in which a skeletonized Job trades barbs and blows with a murderous lumberjack. . . . There is a detached brutality to the collection, similar to Beckett's novels, which, due to Evenson's precise control over language is both disturbing and compelling."
— Review of Contemporary Fiction
"The spirit of Edgar Allan Poe inhabits this collection of violent and mysterious stories that recall not only that master of the perverse but also the seamier side of the nightly news. . . . Many of these tales, particularly the short-shorts, remain enigmatic, resistant to any explication; yet even they are told in such a compelling fashion that one reads not to understand but merely to witness."
— Publishers Weekly
"Evenson has created a fascinating, mysterious, and austere prose set in scenes that attain the precision of staged burlesque. Through the sparse economy of the plot and settings, Evenson's great moral sensibility is glimpsed behind the carnival mask of apparently frivolous murder."
— Seattle Weekly
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