OFFERS FROM WELLSWEEP
<http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/wells/>, and one from Indra's Net
<http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/in/> (see below).
I'm offering the books (&/disk) listed below. A couple of them are offered
at special prices. The deal is also *post free* (for surface post anywhere
& air to Europe; I will add a supplement for airmail outside Europe to the
invoice, *if* you request it) and, so long as you order by email, quoting
this message, I will send the books with invoice and trust you to send me a
cheque (check) by return post. All cheques (checks) to be made payable to
'Wellsweep'.
I *can* accept checks in US$ (drawn on US or CDN banks) and US$ prices are
shown.
All these books are in stock. (The URLS are links to more information.)
Newest books first:
Zhao, Henry Y. H. & John Cayley ed: ABANDONED WINE. Chinese Writing Today
2. London, 1997. 314 pp. Foreword by Gary Snyder. 20x13 cm. Paper.
GBP 8.95 (US$ 15.00)
Prose, poetry, essays and fiction by contemporary Chinese writers, selected
and translated from the Chinese literary magazine, Today (Jintian). Second
in a series of such anthologies. Essential.
<http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/wells/wsnew.html#CHW02>
Yang Lian: WHERE THE SEA STANDS STILL. A Poetic Sequence. Wellsweep Chinese
Poets 6+. London, 1995. 32 pp. 4 b/w illustrations by Gao Xingjian.
Parallel text. 21x13 cm. Paper.
*special price* (usually 3.50) GBP 3.00 (US$ 5.00)
Yang Lian (1955- ) is one of the important Chinese poets to have emerged
since the late 1970s. His work has been published widely, and he recently
edited a special issue of _Index_ on Hong Kong. An important sequence. A
version is on the web at <http://www.illumin.co.uk/ica/wsss/>. For info. on
the book see: <http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/wells/wsnew.html#YANWS>.
Yang Lian: NON-PERSON SINGULAR. Selected Poems. Wellsweep Chinese Poets 6.
London, 1994. 128 pp. Parallel text. 21x13 cm.
Cloth *special price* (usually 14.95) GBP 10.00 (US$ 16.00)
Paper *special price* (usually 7.95) GBP 7.00 (US$ 12.00)
A collection of Yang's shorter poems. See previous.
<http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/wells/wsnew.html#YANNP>
Zhao, Henry Y. H. & John Cayley ed: UNDER-SKY UNDERGROUND. Chinese Writing
Today, 1. London, 1994. 247 pp. Foreword by Jonathan Spence. Frontispiece.
20x13 cm. Paper.
GBP 7.95 (US$ 13.00)
Prose, poetry, essays and fiction by contemporary Chinese writers, selected
and translated from the Chinese literary magazine, Today (Jintian). First
in a series of such anthologies. See _Abandoned Wine_ above.
<http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/wells/wsrec.html#ZHAUU>
Hartill, Graham: RUAN JI'S ISLAND & (TU FU) IN THE CITIES. London, 1993. 62
pp. 7 b/w illustrations (and full-colour cover) by Bronwyn Borrow. 20x13
cm. Paper.
*special price* (usually 4.95) GBP 4.00 (US$ 6.50)
Two seqences of original (and innovative) poetry in English, by the
co-translator of the first Wellsweep book, Ruan Ji's _Songs of my Heart_.
<http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/wells/wsrec.html#HARRJ>
Burnett, David & Cayley, John trans: MIRROR AND POOL. Translations From the
Chinese. London, 1992. 96 pp. 24 illustrations. 21x13 cm. Paper.
*special price* (usually 6.95) GBP 5.00 (US$ 8.00)
'Mirror' (Cayley) and 'Pool' (Burnett) version of a number of famous
Chinese poems, with further cross-art translations for many of them into
torn-paper monochrome collages by Bronwyn Borrow.
<http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/wells/wsback.html#BURMP>
Huanzhulouzhu: BLADES FROM THE WILLOWS. A Chinese Novel of Fantasy and
Martial Arts Adventure. London, 1991. 256 pp. 8 full-colour illustrations.
20x13 cm. Paper.
*special price* (usually 7.95) GBP 5.00 (US$ 8.00)
A wild, sword & sorcery literary progenitor of Hong Kong cinema. The
*first* full-length translation from the genre into English! If you don't
have it, get it *now* and subscribe to the sequel!!
<http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/wells/wsback.html#HUABW>
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OFFER:
INDRA'S NET BEFORE THE WEB
A special sampler of work from Indra's Net by John Cayley
<http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/in/>
For GBP 7.50 (US$ 12.00) I will send you a single *Apple Macintosh-only*
1.4Mb disk with the following works from Indra's Net:
- wine flying
- Collocations
- Leaving the City
- An Essay on the Golden Lion
- The Speaking Clock
- Pressing the <REVEAL CODE> Key
more info at: <http://www.demon.co.uk/eastfield/in/incat.html>
The offer is *post free* and, if you order by email, I will send you the
disk with and invoice as for the books above. An order of books and disk
may be mixed. All cheques (checks) made payable to 'Wellsweep'.
These are all HyperCard Stacks with mesostic and collocationals and hybrid
text generators. In order to fit them on the disk, I must supply them as
stacks only, so you will need to have your own copy of HyperCard or
HyperCard Player to view them.
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