{"product_id":"9780241774083","title":"The Magpie at Night - Li Qingzhao","description":"A luminous new translation of one of the greatest poets in Chinese historyLi 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. In 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.","brand":"Li Qingzhao","offers":[{"title":"160 pages \/ 10\/09\/2026 \/ Classical texts","offer_id":57415343800695,"sku":"9780241774083","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9780241774083.jpg?v=1787879209","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9780241774083","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}