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Zhang Lian
Books by Zhang Lian
Twilight
A Contemporary Pastoral Poet of China
By Zhang Lian
Translated by Keming Liu
Zhang Lian is a struggling potato farmer who turned to poetry to describe the harsh beauty of his environment and his daily struggle to eke out an existence. In 2000 he borrowed money from friends to print and hand-sell his first book of poems; by 2012 he had been chosen as one of the “Ten Best R...