The Wild Land Abdul Wahab al-Bayati

The Wild Land Abdul Wahab al-BayatiJia Pingwa is one of the best known and most prolific novelists in contemporary China. The Wild Land brings together a collection of his most celebrated prose essays, each in their first English translation. Delving deep into his diverse preoccupations fate, art, religion and interpersonal relationships this richly rewarding anthology gives a fascinating insight into the mind of one of modern Chinese literatures most revered sons.

in a sea cave with cracked amethyst walls

he tells his story with searing honesty

the constraints of the intricate verse form suits him'

with essentials

trying to join in somehow

Svetlana Kekova

was published by Salmon in 1999

Grover Mitchell

family changes their fortunes forever

Azza Kamil al-Maghour

Millions of people have been fascinated by his novels

The stranger is a revolutionary leader escaping from certain death in a Francophone Caribbean state that has suffered a counter-coup aided by the big state to the north