{"product_id":"when-the-barbarians-arrive","title":"When The Barbarians Arrive By Pang, Alvin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is also available as an ebook\u003c\/strong\u003e: buy it from Amazon \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/When-Barbarians-Arrive-International-Poets-ebook\/dp\/B00DC1YG68\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1425479124\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;keywords=arc+When+the+Barbarians+Arrive+%28Arc+International+Poets+Series%29\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the Barbarians Arrive\u003c\/em\u003e is a selected works from Singaporean poet Alvin Pang''s five previous collections, including \u003cem\u003eTesting the Silence\u003c\/em\u003e (1997) and \u003cem\u003eCity of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e (2003). Wry, sensitive and intelligent throughout, the selection ranges from unsentimental love poems to sharply satirical writing. They mock, celebrate and unsettle, at once recognisably national and international in reach, offering a fresh edge and energy to the wave of urban poetry emerging from Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlvin Pang\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Singapore in 1972. A Fellow of Iowa University''s International Writing program, his poetry has been translated into more than fifteen languages, and he has appeared at major festivals and in anthologies worldwide. He has edited the anthologies \u003cem\u003eNo Other City\u003c\/em\u003e (2000); \u003cem\u003eOver There: Poems from Singapore and Australia\u003c\/em\u003e (with John Kinsella, 2008), and \u003cem\u003eTumasik: Contemporary Writing from Singapore \u003c\/em\u003e(2009). Pang was named the 2005 Young Artist of the Year for Literature by Singapore''s National Arts Council, and was received the Singapore Youth Award (Arts and Culture) in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57860951048574,"sku":"NW9781906570989","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781906570989.jpg?v=1786969261","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/when-the-barbarians-arrive","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}