On Hell

"On Hell transcribes a body broken by American empire, that of ex-con Rafael Luis Estrada Requena, hacking itself away from contemporary society. Johanna Hedva, author of 'Sick Woman Theory', takes the ferocious compulsion to escape [from capitalism, from the limits of the body-machine, from Earth] and channels it into an evisceration of oppression and authority. Equal parts tender and brutal, romantic and furious, On Hell is a novel about myths that trick and resist totalitarianism." -- back cover