{"product_id":"9780241774076","title":"The Magpie at Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eA luminous new translation of one of the greatest poets in Chinese history\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLi Qingzhao is justly celebrated for her place in Chinese literary history. She was a poet with a wry, unsentimental style and a rich sense of melody. Her ci - lyrics that were originally set to music - are glorious in their depth and genius, spare and arresting on the line. They evoke with rare immediacy the haunting beauty of country life during the Song dynasty; the unseen, restive labour of the poet; and Li Qingzhao's bracing take on what it means to create art as a woman in the shadow of exile, war, imprisonment, and an unwelcoming literary establishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Wendy Chen's splendid new translation, each poem is as sharp and fresh as the edge of a new spring leaf. These richly textured bolts of melody are masterpieces of verse, as resonant and bracing today as they were in the eleventh century; and they underscore Li Qingzhao status as a necessary and iconic literary figure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49650075926776,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":31.04,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9780241774076-1_4da7f575-d072-47d8-9e45-f7f84c92f7b7.jpg?v=1790574088","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/ja\/products\/9780241774076","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}