{"product_id":"the-butterfly-lovers","title":"The Butterfly Lovers","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781603841948\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2010\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hackett Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharing many thematic elements with Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet, The Butterfly Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e relates the tragic tale of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, two young lovers who long to marry but are prevented from doing so by the social strictures of Imperial China. This book offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad along with later literary reinventions of the tale; several appendices offer a variety of documents that reveal the historical and cultural origins of the legend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41866990747781,"sku":"PR435764","price":39.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-butterfly-lovers","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}