{"product_id":"9781643621517","title":"Prescribee","description":"Author: Chia-Lun Chang\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781643621517\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Nightboat Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Feb 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 88\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn arch, precise collection of poems that casts world-historical hierarchies in an aspic mold and serves them back to us on a warped platter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading \u003ci\u003ePrescribee\u003c\/i\u003eis not dissimilar to the experience of coming across a recipe in a vintage American cookbook: it transforms the familiar ingredients of contemporary life into an uncanny, discomfiting concoction. Wielding English as a foreign language and medium, Chang redefines the history of Taiwan and captures the alienation of immigrant experience with a startlingly original voice. Flouting tired expectations of race, gender, nationality, and citizen status, \u003ci\u003ePrescribee\u003c\/i\u003e is as provocative as it is perceptive, as playful as it is sobering.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46836315291806,"sku":"ADS-9781643621517","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781643621517.jpg?v=1778737752","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781643621517","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}