Unreal City A Chinese Poet in Auckland: Selected Poetry and Prose of Yang Lian |
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| Author:
| Lian, Yang |
| Editor:
| Edmond, Jacob
Chung, Hilary |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86940-354-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2006 |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Yang Lian was invited to visit Australia and New Zealand in 1988 and arrived in Auckland in 1989, where he was at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The subsequent four traumatic years in New Zealand were extremely productive artistically and made his name internationally. Unreal City presents in an English translation a selection of poems from this period as well as a number of his essays, appearing in English for the first time, which meditate upon the experience of living in...
More DescriptionYang Lian was invited to visit Australia and New Zealand in 1988 and arrived in Auckland in 1989, where he was at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The subsequent four traumatic years in New Zealand were extremely productive artistically and made his name internationally. Unreal City presents in an English translation a selection of poems from this period as well as a number of his essays, appearing in English for the first time, which meditate upon the experience of living in an Antipodean city from a startling, fresh perspective.