{"product_id":"when-fox-is-a-thousand-9781551521688","title":"When Fox Is a Thousand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Fox is a Thousand\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical, magical novel, rich with poetry and folklore and elements of the fairytale. Larissa Lai interweaves three narrative voices and their attendant cultures: an elusive fox growing toward wisdom and her 1000 birthday, the ninth-century Taoist poet\/nun Yu Hsuan-Chi (a real person executed in China for murder), and the oddly named Artemis, a young Asian-American woman living in contemporary Vancouver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith beautiful and enchanting prose, and a sure narrative hand, Lai combines Chinese mythology, the sexual politics of medieval China, and modern-day Vancouver to masterfully revise the myth of the Fox (a figure who can inhibit women's bodies in order to cause mischief). Her potent imagination and considerable verbal skill result in a tale that continues to haunt long after the story is told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published to wide acclaim in 1995 and out of print since 2001, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eWhen Fox is a Thousand\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Arsenal Pulp Press for the first time, features a new foreword by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for When Fox is a Thousand: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A sure-footed writer and teller of tales, Lai takes the reader on a magnificent journey through layers of time, myth, and imagery.\"--Susan Crean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A particularly acute pleasure.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarissa Lai\u003c\/b\u003e was born in La Jolla, California and lives in Calgary where she is completing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Calgary. She was awarded an Astraea Foundation Emerging Writers Award in 1995. She is also the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eSalt Fish Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarissa Lai, born in La Jolla, California, is a writer, editor, organizer and student currently living in Calgary, Alberta. She was awarded an Astraea Foundation Emerging Writers Award in 1995 and her first novel When Fox Is A Thousand was shortlisted for the Chapters\/ Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1996. In 1997-98, she was the Markin-Flanagan Canadian Writer-in-Residence at the University of Calgary. In 2001, she completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. She currently working on a PhD in English at the University of Calgary\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492880421138,"sku":"9781551521688","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_430b4c6e-444d-4638-bd1f-67815c874d72.jpg?v=1730612411","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-fox-is-a-thousand-9781551521688","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}