Andrea Tompa (b. 1971) is a novelist and theater critic based in Budapest. She edits the leading theater journal Színház (Theater) and is a member of the Széchenyi Literary and Arts Academy. Her fourth novel, Haza (Home), was published in June 2020. “Tongue in Mouth” is an excerpt from it.
“Anatomy of the mouth” by liverpoolhls is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
In the dentist’s chair with mouth wide open, a patient contemplates her tongue’s relationship…