A Contrived World Visual Arts he currently lives in Tokyo

he currently lives in Tokyo with his wife

and researches the cultural history of Russia and the Czech Republic

terrifying worlds—worlds riven by an absolutely just yet absolutely shattered dream of revolution

seems in a state of permanent metamorphosis

A Contrived World Visual Arts he currently lives in TokyoSet in San Francisco, A Contrived World recounts the authors visit to the mythic Californian city. While the novel is based in this real experi ence, the narrators imaginative reflections cause the narrative to balloon outward into the realms of fiction and fantasy. Each chance encounter provides an opportunity to unfurl a fictional world that simultaneously complements and compromises the real world. In this mirthful anti novel, the ambiguous fusion