{"product_id":"qingzhao-li-the-painfupb","title":"[05\/18\/27] Li Qingzhao: The Painful Part of Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eCopper Canyon Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Red Pine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: May 18, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Painful Part of Spring\u003c\/em\u003e, experience Song-dynasty China through the eyes of its greatest woman poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his latest bilingual collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Painful Part of Spring, \u003c\/em\u003eRed Pine turns to China's greatest and most influential woman poet, Li Qingzhao. Organized chronologically and supplemented by Red Pine's clarifying biographical notes, these poems reveal a lyricism deeply rooted in the seasons of Qingzhao's life--tracing the poet's shift from an audacious teenager in court to a relative recluse following the death of her husband. Set to melodies that have since been lost, Qingzhao's verses see flowers bloom and die; incense, ever-present, creeps and meanders through a room; wine glasses fill and empty while the political machine turns, the winds of her fortune change, and her husband arrives and departs. At last, Qingzhao remarks, \"a thousand miles of mountain passes tire a dreamer out.\" Immersive and emotionally resonant, these poems are especially precious for having survived a literary culture whose preservation was left entirely to men. \u003cem\u003eThe Painful Part of Spring\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading from one of our most remarkable and noteworthy literary ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45720660738071,"sku":"9781556597527","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/Draw_book_fcd58559-913c-416a-bbf0-3213300e9e66.png?v=1791498666","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/qingzhao-li-the-painfupb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}