The Passage of Roses Format:Hardback Harry’s paintings are much sought

Harry’s paintings are much sought after and we are privileged to be able feature them in this issue

'Mark is a survivor

have run the acclaimed Over the Edge readings series since 2003

Meehan's work begins in intimate feeling but is ever-focused on the world

originally published in 1981 and now available for the first time in a facsimile-style English translation

The Passage of Roses Format:Hardback Harry’s paintings are much soughtWhile the fervour of the Red Guards consumes 1970s Beijing, Mei comes of age in a once grand courtyard dominated by her grandmother, a survivor of violence who inflicts the same kind of control upon her family that she once resisted. But the matriarch is unable to repel the political storm that comes to their home and leaves death and a traumatised young girl in its wake. Years later, Mei becomes an artist, slowly committing memory to canvas. When the