{"product_id":"the-magpie-at-night","title":"The Magpie at Night","description":"\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.","brand":"Li Qingzhao","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515697725501,"sku":null,"price":25.64,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780241774076.jpg?v=1787488180","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-magpie-at-night","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}