{"product_id":"the-song-of-kieu-9780241360668","title":"The Song of Kieu","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tim Allen's new translation of THE SONG OF KIEU is lively and absorbing. It reinvigorates a classic and wonderfully conveys the romance, adventure, tragedy, and wisdom  of the poem that all Vietnamese know.'\u003c\/b\u003e * Viet Thanh Nguyen *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tim Allen has done what most literary translators can only aspire to do. He has secured a place for a major foreign work in the stock of his mother tongue.'\u003c\/b\u003e -- David Constantine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Timothy Allen's supple and imaginative translation has re-energised Nguyên Du's lyricism in meticulous free verse that evokes the five senses'\u003c\/b\u003e * The Poetry Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'For elegance and sheer readability I doubt if it could be equalled. English readers already familiar with Kieu will be delighted by its musicality. And those who have not previously encountered Kieu will wonder how such a masterpiece could so long have eluded them.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Timothy Allen's translation of the Vietnamese epic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Song of Kieu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is magnificent. [In language] capable of exquisitely beautiful love scenes, throat-catchingly eloquent nature passages and moments of humour, he renders an obscure masterpiece into a strikingly contemporary one.' \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733055353175,"sku":"9780241360668","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241360668.jpg?v=1719999296","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-song-of-kieu-9780241360668","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}