RIP IT UP pulling us into the nightmare

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

It's coming out via file-corrupted error message

” —Jean-Luc Godard

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

George Mendoza’s Need a House

RIP IT UP pulling us into the nightmareFrom 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