{"product_id":"fleche-by-mary-jean-chan-9780571348046","title":"Flèche","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch like the fencer who must constantly read and respond to her opponent's tactics during a fencing bout, this debut collection by Mary Jean Chan deftly examines relationships at once conflictual and tender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlèche\u003c\/em\u003e (the French word for 'arrow') is an offensive technique commonly used in epee, a competitive sport of the poet's teenage and young adult years. This cross-linguistic pun presents the queer, non-white body as both vulnerable ('flesh') and weaponised ('fleche') in public and private spaces. Themes of multilingualism, queerness, post-colonialism, psychoanalysis, and cultural history emerge by means of an imagined personal, maternal and national biography, spoken by a polyphony of female voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a series of poems that are urgent and hard-hitting as Chan keeps her readers on their toes, dazzling and devastating them by turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596418007276,"sku":"9780571348046","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/dc506fd53b68eacc938ab57699197651.jpg?v=1777936512","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/fleche-by-mary-jean-chan-9780571348046","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}