The Cloven, Brian Catling
The Cloven, Brian Catling
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The Cloven
The Vorrh (3)

Author: Brian Catling

Narrator: Allan Corduner

Unabridged: 14 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/17/2018

Synopsis

The epic climax to B. Catling's beloved Vorrh Trilogy. A Vintage Books Original.
 
In the stunning conclusion to this endlessly imaginative saga, the young Afrikaner socialite Cyrena Lohr is mourning the death of her lover, the cyclops Ishmael, when she rekindles a relationship with famed naturalist Eugène Marais. Before departing down his own dark path, Marais presents her with a gift: an object of great power that grants her visions of a new world. Meanwhile, the threat of Germany’s Blitz looms over London, and only Nicholas the Erstwhile senses the danger to come. Will he be able to save the man who saved him? And as Nazi forces descend upon Africa, will the Vorrh finally succeed in enacting its revenge against those who have invaded and defiled it? The Cloven is a book of battles and betrayals, in which Catling's incredible creations all fulfill their destinies and lead us to an epic conflagration with the fate of mankind hanging in the balance.

About The Author

B. Catling is a poet, sculptor, painter, and performance artist. In 2015 he won the Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors. He is Emeritus Professor of Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeroen on July 23, 2018

Brian Catling burst onto the scene of fantasy and new weird literature with a debut novel, The Vorrh (2012), despite being in his late 60s. Catling has been a visual artist for years, but with the invention of the laptop (which helped his dyslexia) he finally started writing, to great success. His s......more

Goodreads review by Dylan on July 16, 2018

I don’t even know how to explain this book/series of books. They are the weirdest pieces of literature I’ve ever read and will be reading them again in the near future. 10/10......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on July 30, 2018

Simply astonishing. I have no idea how to write a review of this book or trilogy any more than I've been successful in explaining them to the many people I've recommended them to. Come back to me in a few years, and maybe I'll have come up with something. It's dark fantasy, an engagement with coloni......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on October 18, 2020

This book series as a whole is really difficult to form an opinion on - one the one hand, it has some of the most luscious, vibrant language I’ve ever read, and on the other it is an endlessly frustrating slog. There’s still a part of me which wonders if I’m just too stupid to ‘get’ these books, and......more

Goodreads review by James on July 22, 2018

What a glorious conclusion to this baffling trilogy. Catling’s surreal, nightmarish fantasy is brought to a stunning and shocking close in rapturous fashion. The Cloven moves more quickly than its predecessors, but Catling keeps his poet’s eye firmly affixed on the path, pulling the reader deeper an......more

Quotes

“A surrealistic and entertaining amalgamation of religion, philosophy, art, and nature. . . . Catling draws a compelling picture of man versus nature in an impressive story of good and evil, environmentalism, and the will of man to conquer all. . . . Visceral, violent, and literary.” —Booklist

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