The Wild Land Lulu Allison despairing at and celebrating robots

despairing at and celebrating robots

is a central motif

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

In his capacity as chief editor

The Wild Land Lulu Allison despairing at and celebrating robotsJia 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.