Unreal City: A Chinese Poet in Auckland: Selected Poetry and Prose of Yang Lian

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Author: Yang Lian

ISBN-10: 1869403541

ISBN-13: 9781869403546

Category: General & Miscellaneous Essays

The essays and poetry of renowned Chinese poet Yang Lian are published in English for the first time in this scholarly collection. A selection of Lian's poems, written during his first four years in New Zealand, are offered, as are essays which provide a startlingly fresh perspective on the experience of living in Auckland. These fascinating and moving texts are accompanied by comments that further elucidate the context of Lian's works in New Zealand, Chinese, and world literature.

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The essays and poetry of renowned Chinese poet Yang Lian are published in English for the first time in this scholarly collection. A selection of Lian's poems, written during his first four years in New Zealand, are offered, as are essays which provide a startlingly fresh perspective on the experience of living in Auckland. These fascinating and moving texts are accompanied by comments that further elucidate the context of Lian's works in New Zealand, Chinese, and world literature.Pacific AffairsSignificantly, this book . . . argues that Auckland and New Zealand are seminal in Yang Lian's creative development as a poet in exile.

\ Pacific AffairsSignificantly, this book . . . argues that Auckland and New Zealand are seminal in Yang Lian's creative development as a poet in exile.\ \