From Purgatory to Paradise Girgis Shukry I don’t look into death’s

I don’t look into death’s eyes unafraid

’ — Independent on Sunday

as the waters fall then rise again

This accessible and critically acclaimed young poet has beaten off ‘second collection syndrome’ with a book of sharp yet beautifully warm and humane poems

where what has once been solid becomes fragile and subject to change

From Purgatory to Paradise Girgis Shukry I don’t look into death’sHan Meilin is a titan of contemporary Chinese art, from Olympic mascots to the tails of planes, his works have drawn worldwide recognition. But behind the fame, he was forged in the crucible of Chinas Cultural Revolution. In an uncertain political landscape where suspicion itself was as good as proof, the very thing that gave him purpose his passion for art doomed him to an indefinite Purgatory behind bars in No. 100 Dongshan detention centre. Branded