{"product_id":"the-magpie-at-night-li-qingzhao-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":"Li Qingzhao","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48382022254835,"sku":"9780241774076","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780241774076.jpg?v=1768417498","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-magpie-at-night-li-qingzhao-9780241774076","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}