No trace of the gardener
Subtitle: poems of Yang Mu
By: translated by Lawrence R. Smith and Michelle Yeh.
Contributors: Smith, Lawrence R., 1945-; Yeh, Michelle Mi-Hsi.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Yang, Mu, 1940-  -- Translations into English
Description: Yang Mu, a pivotal figure in the development of modern Chinese literature, is one of the most widely read living poets of the world's largest literary audience: Chinese-speaking people. Providing a selection of poems from more than three decades of work, this book offers over one hundred translations that capture the poet's haunting lyricism.

Drawing on avant-garde traditions of Europe and the United States as well as on the traditions of classical Chinese poetry and prose, his work explores intense sensuality, the anguish of war, exile, the colonial experience, and conflicting views of national and cultural identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]) and index.