{"product_id":"9781743798744-deadly-quiet-city","title":"Deadly Quiet City","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStories From Wuhan, COVID Ground Zero\u003cbr\u003eA unique piece of history and literary non-fiction, following eight stories of people in Wuhan during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of China's most celebrated and silenced literary authors, Murong Xuecun, \u003ci\u003eDeadly Quiet City\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable collection of true stories from the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e On 23 January 2020, Wuhan was placed in total lockdown. The city of eleven million – the centre of China’s coronavirus outbreak – was cut off from the world. As cherry blossoms fell on silent streets, people were left anxious and afraid, struggling to find medicine, food or information about the virus that had trapped them in their homes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In April 2020, Murong Xuecun bravely travelled to the locked-down city, covertly interviewing people from all walks of life on their experiences as the catastrophe unfolded. An exhausted doctor in a small hospital, battling the virus while sick. An illegal motorcycle taxi driver, ferrying people around the empty city. A citizen journalist fighting to reveal the truth of what happened during that endless spring. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The result is \u003cb\u003eeight stories that capture the voices and griefs of a city, and that Murong had to leave China in order to publish\u003c\/b\u003e. Vivid and haunting, \u003ci\u003eDeadly Quiet City\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003eunique piece of literary history that reveals so much about the lives of people, the pandemic and China today\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Includes editor’s note from Professor Clive Hamilton, author of \u003ci\u003eHidden Hand\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40829328490593,"sku":"9781743798744","price":13.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33027280.jpg?v=1738827464","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781743798744-deadly-quiet-city","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}