Kou Machida | Rip It Up Japanese That feels almost spiritual for

That feels almost spiritual for us

walk down a country path or go to the beach in Great Britain

their experimental venture had been given form and direction

he transforms into a woman

the journey becomes a meditation on making change – how people in dark times keep their spirit

Kou Machida | Rip It Up Japanese That feels almost spiritual for9781965874141 13 05 25 PB 152 pages Translated by Daniel Joseph 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 Machida's award winning novel, an undertaking over five years in the making and the inaugural title of Inpatient Press's translation imprint Mercurial Editions. Set in a kaleidoscopic hyperreal Japan circa Y2K, Rip It Up catalogues the