The Song Itself: A Gnostic RemembranceTranslated from the Coptic, Pig Latin, Aramaic and Greek by Yq Cuartz, "The Song Itself" is the memoir of a nameless and sexless messenger whose memory and world are set ablaze by contact with an ancient Gnostic codex. After witnessing the aftermath of a brutal murder ignited by the codex, the protagonist must face a cult of arson-loving linguists, a luthier-psychopomp, an Egyptian alchemist and a Dionysian ghost. Religious, mystical and philosophical elements burn in dreams, conversations and events while the narrator seems to be withholding a ghastly truth. Sacrilegious and controversial, "The Song Itself" is a caffeine ingesting, chain smoking tour through an absurd world that is about to explode into flames. |
Contents
Section 1 | 2 |
Section 2 | 29 |
Section 3 | 44 |
Section 4 | 54 |
Section 5 | 67 |
Section 6 | 132 |
Section 7 | 166 |
Section 8 | 173 |
Section 11 | 191 |
Section 12 | 197 |
Section 13 | 200 |
Section 14 | 210 |
Section 15 | 226 |
Section 16 | 231 |
Section 17 | 243 |
Section 18 | 270 |
Section 9 | 176 |
Section 10 | 181 |
Section 19 | 274 |
Section 20 | 293 |
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