Eastern Love Poems

This anthology gathers short love and erotic poems translated from languages and regions across Asia and the Near East, including China, Japan, Persia, Arabia, India, and neighbouring lands. The pieces are lyrics of desire, parting, jealousy, and praise rather than long narratives. Speakers address lovers, absences, and the body in a range of courtly and popular registers. The book is a comparative sampler of amatory verse, arranged as a collection of brief voices rather than a history of any one tradition. There is no continuous plot, only a sequence of short poems on attachment and loss.

Quarter bound in black leather with pink cloth boards. White dust-jacket printed in green and black.