{"product_id":"from-the-diary-of-madame-mao","title":"From the Diary of Madame Mao","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFictionalized poems that embody the reality of life in twentieth-century China through the voice of Jiang Qing, the wife of Mao Zedong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Diary of Madame Mao \u003c\/i\u003eis a poetry collection of fictionalized diary entries in the voice of Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Zedong and a vilified leader of the \"Gang of Four,\" a Maoist political faction which wielded unchecked and violent suppression of dissent during China's Cultural Revolution (1966-76). The haunting voice in this collection recounts the events of twentieth-century China through the imagined inner thoughts of Jiang, a liberated woman in a male-dominated society who struggled to fend for herself but then, upon gaining totalitarian power, became \"mentally ill.\" Maria Teresa Ogliastri--who has lived under authoritarian regimes in Venezuela for more than two decades-- \"opts for compassion\" in her portrayal of this infamous public figure, conveying the full complexity of human emotion and experience in her singular lyric voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"María Teresa Ogliastri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68006930219159,"sku":"9780887487460","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/imageloader_95b71af6-46df-47ac-b52c-33323e0881f4.jpg?v=1791169009","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/from-the-diary-of-madame-mao","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}