{"product_id":"9781892295712","title":"Drifting","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first volume in The Taiwanese Modern Literature Series, \u003ci\u003eDrifting\u003c\/i\u003e consists of translations from Cheung's collection \u003ci\u003eDrifters\u003c\/i\u003e , first published in Taipei in 1986. This collection centers upon the metaphors of drifting, in which language and meaning, wander between two worlds, the East and the West, between the private home and a shared country. The metaphor, of course, also brings up the disillusionments of contemporary Taiwanese culture and the seemingly impossible dream of the shared homeland of China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor of Asian Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, \u003cb\u003eCheung\u003c\/b\u003e first came to the United States as a graduate student in 1967. He sees himself as an American writing in Chinese, and as a Chinese poet and Asian American writer both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Green Integer Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060920795376,"sku":"9781892295712","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781892295712_p0.jpg?v=1763609064","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781892295712","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}