{"product_id":"melete-jennifer-lee-tsai-9781780377575","title":"Melete","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Lee Tsai's first full-length collection explores family history, intergenerational trauma, love, loss and belonging through the perspective of a second-generation British Chinese identity. \u003c\/b\u003eNamed after one of the three original Boeotian Muses, the Muse of meditation and contemplation, this expansive book establishes a powerful lyric voice - interweaving narratives of memory, migration and mysticism across Liverpool, China and Hong Kong, dual cultures and heritages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprising three distinct sections, which brings together Lee Tsai's previous two pamphlets, \u003ci\u003eKismet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Mystérique\u003c\/i\u003e as well as new, uncollected work, Melete navigates personhood, subjectivity and the multitudes of the lyric 'I', transforming into states and places of spiritual transcendence and ecstasies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Lee Tsai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780377576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780377575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jennifer Lee Tsai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244441354495,"sku":"9781780377575","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4b0ebf9-f3d5-4ce7-b633-10bb8bff1ff9.jpg?v=1758135756","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/melete-jennifer-lee-tsai-9781780377575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}