<p><b>Banned in China for its taboo allusions to the Tiananmen Square massacre, Sheng Keyi¿s <i>Death Fugue</i> is a lyrical and explosive dystopian satire that imagines a world of manufactured existence, the erasure of personal freedom, and the perils of governmental control.</b><br>One morning a nine-story tower of excrement of unknown origin appears in the center of Dayang¿s capital, Beiping. The government swiftly scrubs the scene of all evidence and hands down its final word: Do not ask questions; dissent will be punished. But the crowd gathered in Round Square to witness the Tower Incident for themselves only grows and soon explodes in unrest. Poet Mengliu and his girlfriend Qizi join the uprising, but thousands disappear in the brutal crackdown that follows, including Qizi, the newly appointed protest leader. Mengliu abandons poetry and revolution but never gives up hope that Qizi may still be alive.<br><br>Years later, on his annual journey in search of Qizi, Mengliu washes ash
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<b>In this poignant display of the resilience of language, culture, and community in the face of the profound changes brought by settlers, Kluane First Nation Elders share stories from their lives, knowledge of their traditional territory (Á...
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Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the third volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.
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<span><p><span><b>These are poems that rock you like a tilt-a-whirl, off-kilter and non-stop.</b></span></p><p><span>In this collection of poems by Joe Hall, you might find yourself laid off at a cannabis...
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