{"product_id":"prescribee-by-chia-lun-chang-9781643621517","title":"Prescribee","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn arch, precise collection of poems that casts world-historical hierarchies in an aspic mould and serves them back to us on a warped platter.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReading \u003ci\u003ePrescribee\u003c\/i\u003e is 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607453745388,"sku":"9781643621517","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/0540cd54ee7fe2161ee1f309665ff48d.jpg?v=1778189672","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/prescribee-by-chia-lun-chang-9781643621517","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}