RIP IT UP oppression

oppression

settlement planning

Reproduced here in their entirety

An attempt to put their politics into action fizzles in embarrassed self-doubt

pulling us into the nightmare and yet never losing its intelligence and compassion

RIP IT UP oppressionFrom the press: The Akutagawa prize winning novel by Kou Machida, Japans most outlandish and inventive author. Rip It Up is the first ever English translation of Kou Machidas award winning novel, an undertaking over five years in the making and the inaugural title of Inpatient Presss translation imprint Mercurial Editions. Set in a kaleidoscopic hyperreal Japan circa Y2K, Rip It Up catalogues the misdeeds and misgivings of a down and out wannabe