"Tomasula_s dissection of post-biological life is about the new interaction of bodies and DNA possibilities. His imagination， satiric edge， and wildly comic sense of things， combined with Stephen Farrell_s inventive page lay-out， make reading this _Opera in Flatland_ an unforgettable experience."_Marjorie PerloffMore than a novel with 3-color graphics， almost a film， possibly a meditation， certainly "a breathtaking inquiry into the artifacts of the human imagination， VAS is sensuous， ferocious， and original" (Rikki Ducornet). When Flatland inhabitants choose to rearrange bodies (animals， plants， even themselves)， they enter the double-helix of language and lineage_stories of knowledge， power， history， gender， politics， and self-identity.Steve Tomasula teaches writing at the University of Notre Dame. Stephen Farrell teaches graphic arts at the Art Institute of Chicago.