{"product_id":"nanjing-massacre-poems-the","title":"Nanjing Massacre: Poems, The","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBamboo Ridge Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWing Tek Lum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoftcover, 236 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Nanjing Massacre: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers us a series of snapshots of human cruelty, courage, and compassion that together compose a frightening yet accurate and unforgettable portrait of a historical nightmare. Like Goya’s prints in\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDisasters of War\u003c\/i\u003e, or Ian MacMillan’s prose sketches in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProud Monster\u003c\/i\u003e, Wing Tek Lum’s poems confront readers with fully realized vignettes of brutality, love, and suffering whose effect is cumulative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe subject is the notorious Japanese occupation of Nanjing, China in 1937. The poems capture all perspectives of the tragedy from the weary, casually cruel Japanese soldiers to the uncomprehending child victims, and from the desperate helpless parents and the brutalized comfort women to the bloodless yet vicious bureaucrats of death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bamboo Ridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":53196081135936,"sku":"lil1790030115676","price":13.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/8535\/4304\/files\/nanjing-massacre-poems-the_1.jpg?v=1790030124","url":"https:\/\/mountainpeaks.shop\/products\/nanjing-massacre-poems-the","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}