{"product_id":"magpie-at-night","title":"Magpie at Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous new translation of one of the greatest poets in Chinese history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003ci\u003eci \u003c\/i\u003e– 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54520493408600,"sku":"9780241774076","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241774076.jpg?v=1777905926","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/magpie-at-night","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}