{"product_id":"9781643621807","title":"Return","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrough the recurrence of memory, myth, and grief, \u003c\/i\u003e回 \/ Return\u003ci\u003e captures the elusory language of sorrow and solitude that binds Taiwanese diasporic experience.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the classical tradition of the Chinese “reversible” poem, 回 \/ \u003ci\u003eReturn\u003c\/i\u003e is engaged in the act of looking back—toward an imagined homeland and a childhood of suburban longing, through migratory passages, departures, and etymologies, and into the various holes and voids that appear in the telling and retelling of history. The poems ask: What is feeling? What is melancholy? Can language translate either?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375224344817,"sku":"9781643621807","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781643621807_p0.jpg?v=1765438925","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781643621807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}