Hong Ying, I Too Am Salammbo (translated by Mabel Lee) Conveyed upon a ‘river /

Conveyed upon a ‘river / that carries night under the earth’

Alone in Two Billion Light Years

190mm x 120mm

& in singular language(s) that assert pluralism & always refuse the ‘seductions of amnesia

This is a work of deep imagination and subtle humour

Hong Ying, I Too Am Salammbo (translated by Mabel Lee) Conveyed upon a ‘river /Since 1988 Hong Ying has published six major collections of poetry, her most recent being I Too Am Salammbo, a retrospective collection of poems that she has selected and arranged in rough chronological order. As in her novels Hong Ying does not baulk at exploring female sexuality. She, as author, can only re present the characters of her novels in accordance with how she perceives them: as a woman. However her poetry is highly personal, shedding