Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: Sailor's Home is a miscellany (or anthology) of poems by six poets who came together for a private festival in London in October 2005. The poets are Arjen Duinker (Netherlands), W.N. Herbert (UK), Uwe Kolbe (Germany), Peter Laugesen (Denmark), Karine Martel (France) and Yang Lian (China), whose idea the festival was...read more

Before and since his enforced exile, Yang Lian has been one of the most innovative and influential poets in China. Widely hailed in America and Europe as a highly individual voice in world literature, he has been translated into many languages.