To get us out of the depressing discourse loop of contemporary politics, we brought on the Scottish writer, academic, and editor of the exciting experimental lit publisher Hyperidean Press, Udith Dematagoda. We discuss Udith's recent novel, 'Horizontal Rain,' literary nihilism, and the rich history of reactionary ideology throughout early modernism: Céline, Wyndham Lewis, Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, Mishima, and more. There is also some discussions on painting, surrealism, failure, and pessimism. Udith has just published an excellent piece on Adam's Safety Propaganda project, which is linked below.  Udith is currently finishing a book on the confluence of technology, fascism and masculinity.   

Udith's Favorite Novels ever:
Louis-Ferdinand Céline 'Journey to the End of Night' (https://neoalchemist.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/louis-ferdinand-celine-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night.pdf)
Knut Hamsun 'Hunger' (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8387/8387-h/8387-h.htm)
Wyndham Lewis 'Tarr' (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58340/58340-h/58340-h.htm)
Yukio Mishima 'The Sailor Who Fell From the Sea' (https://archive.org/stream/TheSailorWhoFellFromGraceWithTheSea_201607/The-Sailor-Who-Fell-From-Grace-with-the-Sea-Full-Text_djvu.txt)
Vladimir Nabakov 'The Gift' (https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.149872/2015.149872.The-Gift_djvu.txt)
Vladimir Mayakovsky 'A Cloud in Trousers' (https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/media/0507/Mayakovsky%2520Cloud%2520in%2520Trousers.pdf)
Robert Musil 'The Man Without Qualities' (https://uberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/musil-1.pdf)
Joseph Conrad 'Lord Jim' (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5658/5658-h/5658-h.htm)


Links:   
Udith Dematagoda: https://udithdematagoda.com/about-2/  
Udith Dematagoda 'Horizontal Rain': https://hyperideanpress.com/books  
Udith Dematagoda 'On Infantilism': https://safetypropaganda.substack.com/p/on-infantilism-by-udith-dematagoda  
Wyndham Lewis 'Tarr': http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58340/58340-h/58340-h.htm
Adam on Bowie, Scott Walker, Alan Vega and Prince: https://mutepresence.com/haunted-modernist-troubadour/
Purple Mountains 'All my Happiness is Gone' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvUBbROsXBw
Udith's band: https://uncadavre1.bandcamp.com/album/island-of-blight

A Literature of Reaction (w/ Udith Dematagoda)

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