{"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":52319612174647,"sku":"EB_LI0500_A03-10_DHS","price":89.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9780241774076-1_1ef70d12-37c8-4733-9789-263e41ebf8e5.jpg?v=1789970265","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9780241774076","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}