The Wild Land Lulu Allison Watson seeks to combine the

Watson seeks to combine the workaday surface with the deeper issues of dislocation in accessible and musical language and images

Jacqueline Saphra

Not least of the novel’s marvellous equations are the dread revenants who encourage the living to take responsibility for the future of the nation

The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple that has fled to the far reaches of the Earth

Working class wordsmiths

The Wild Land Lulu Allison Watson seeks to combine theJia 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.