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9781869403546

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

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    9781869403546

  • ISBN10:

    1869403541

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-04-28
  • Publisher: Auckland University Press

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Summary

Yang Lian is a celebrated Chinese poet and essayist widely known inside and outside China. After first coming to prominence in China as one of the leading writers of the new, modernist-style 'misty' poetry, he arrived in Auckland in 1989 and was there at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Unable to return to China Yang began in this strange, distant, foreign city the first stage of a life in exile. He became a New Zealand citizen and was based in Auckland for four traumatic years, which were extremely productive and made his name internationally. This book presents in a new English translation a selection of poems from this period as well as a number of essays, appearing in English for the first time, which meditate upon the experience of living in Auckland from a startling fresh perspective. These fascinating and moving texts are accompanied by notes and an introduction which establishes the pivotal role of Yang's New Zealand work in the transformation of one of China's leading poets into a major figure in world literature. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Yang Lian is the author of numerous collections of prose and poetry, including the epic poem "Nuorilang." Hilary Chung, PhD, is an associate dean of arts at the University of Auckland, a professor of Chinese, and a board member of the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Center. Jacob Edmond is a professor of comptemporary modern poetry at the University of Otago–Dunedin.

Table of Contents

Yang Lian, Auckland and the Poetics of Exilep. 1
A Note on Selection and Translationp. 24
Unreal City: Auckland Poems
Old Story
p. 30
p. 31
p. 32
p. 33
p. 34
City in a Mirage
Winter Gardenp. 36
Grafton Bridgep. 39
City of Dead Poetsp. 40
The Garden This Afternoonp. 41
The Incidentp. 43
The Hospitalp. 44
Death Trapp. 45
Mountain Valleyp. 46
The Street I Look Out on from My Windowp. 47
Travelling with the Starsp. 48
The Sky Moves
Broken Feet That Walk the Wallp. 50
Sea of Dead Lambsp. 51
Museum Windows Carved with the Names of Different Oceansp. 52
The Sky Movesp. 54
p. 55
p. 56
Memories
1989p. 59
12 Storkwinkel, Berlinp. 60
10 Yearsp. 61
Brian Holton Travelling in New Zealandp. 62
Sense of Sight, or, Island No. 5p. 64
Ghost Talk: Auckland Prose
Why There Has to Be Prose: A Preface to Ghost Talkp. 67
The Book of Crying and Forgettingp. 71
Ghost Talkp. 75
Eclipsep. 81
City of One Personp. 87
Notesp. 92
Books and Electronic Media in Englishp. 98
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