Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> Asian - Chinese

"A travel writer with a cult following.""The New York Times "

"There are very few westerners who could successfully cover so much territory in China, but Porter pulls it off. "Finding Them Gone" uniquely draws upon his parallel careers as a translator and a travel writer in ways that his previous books have not. A lifetime devoted to understanding Chinese culture and spirituality blossoms within its pages to create something truly rare.""The Los Angeles Book Review"

A road trip with poetryif that sounds like your kind of thing, then this is the book for you. "That s China...

Natalia Sui-hung Chan (pen name Lok Fung) explores the political, linguistic and cultural tensions of being both from Hong Kong and a feminist in her first major bilingual collection in English. A prolific poet and critic, she writes in Cantonese, sprinkling her work with pop culture references, and engaging directly with the current turmoil in Hong Kong (and broader Chinese) politics and society, as well as the shifting interventions with the international community. Chan is best known for her award-winning Chinese collection Flying Coffin. Her interests include cultural and film...

Granet s original work delves deep into the religious and spiritual customs of ancient China by analysing their festivals and songs from "the Book of Odes" including the original Chinese script. This translation, originally published in 1932, aimed to present Granet s observations to a wider English readership by omitting the Chinese characters and providing an in-depth insight into one of the most important early civilisations. This title will be of interest to students of Asian studies."

First collection of poems by Chinese-Canadian author Phyllis Kwan. This Toronto-based author has put together a collection of her poems from early stages of writing poetry to more recent writing. She writes love poems, reflections on life, musings on marriage, family, her Chinese heritage, Canadian culture, tribute to father, and her favourite holiday resort in Aruba.

Poetic Ballets of My Mind is the first collection of poetry by Chinese-Canadian poet and writer Phyllis Kwan. Primarily love poems, the poet also deals with subjects of reflections on life, dual cultures, her favourite holiday resort Aruba.