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The poems in The Blue Guitar conjure all at once both the pathos of the individual human situation and all the echoes of the wider world beyond
"With more than one hundred books to his name
temptation and divination
single words for one dollar
where what has once been solid becomes fragile and subject to change
From Purgatory to Paradise Girgis Shukry The poems in The BlueHan Meilin is a titan of contemporary Chinese art, from Olympic mascots to the tails of planes, his works have drawn worldwide recognition. But behind the fame, he was forged in the crucible of Chinas Cultural Revolution. In an uncertain political landscape where suspicion itself was as good as proof, the very thing that gave him purpose his passion for art doomed him to an indefinite Purgatory behind bars in No. 100 Dongshan detention centre. Branded
