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The Resource Deadly quiet city : stories from Wuhan, COVID ground zero, Murong Xuecun

Deadly quiet city : stories from Wuhan, COVID ground zero, Murong Xuecun

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This is a unique piece of history that follows eight stories of people in Wuhan during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns. Deadly Quiet City is an unforgettable collection of true stories from the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. 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. 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. The result is eight stories that capture the voices and griefs of a city, and that Murong had to leave China in order to publish. Vivid and haunting, Deadly Quiet City is a unique piece of literary history that reveals so much about the lives of people, the pandemic and China today
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
309 pages
Contents
  • I am a doctor, but I'm also a source of infection
  • You want me to live, and I want to live, too
  • I drive forwards, but the wind blows back
  • A man who wants to pursue the light
  • My soul is singing
  • Just like boarding Noah's Ark
  • The darkest moment
  • I want a just explanation
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9781743798744
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Deadly quiet city : stories from Wuhan, COVID ground zero
Title
Deadly quiet city
Title remainder
stories from Wuhan, COVID ground zero
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Murong Xuecun
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Stories from Wuhan, COVID ground zero
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
This is a unique piece of history that follows eight stories of people in Wuhan during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns. Deadly Quiet City is an unforgettable collection of true stories from the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. 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. 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. The result is eight stories that capture the voices and griefs of a city, and that Murong had to leave China in order to publish. Vivid and haunting, Deadly Quiet City is a unique piece of literary history that reveals so much about the lives of people, the pandemic and China today
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1974-
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Murong, Xuecun
Dewey number
616.2414
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non fiction
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Hamilton, Clive
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  • COVID-19 (Disease)
  • Coronavirus infections
  • COVID-19 (Disease)
  • COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
  • COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
  • COVID-19 (Disease)
  • COVID-19 (Disease)
  • Pandemics
  • Quarantine
  • Quarantine
  • Wuhan (China)
  • China
  • Wuhan (China)
  • Wuhan (China)
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Deadly quiet city : stories from Wuhan, COVID ground zero, Murong Xuecun
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I am a doctor, but I'm also a source of infection -- You want me to live, and I want to live, too -- I drive forwards, but the wind blows back -- A man who wants to pursue the light -- My soul is singing -- Just like boarding Noah's Ark -- The darkest moment -- I want a just explanation
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000071361329
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
309 pages
Isbn
9781743798744
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jb2022009518
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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(OCoLC)1309087297
Label
Deadly quiet city : stories from Wuhan, COVID ground zero, Murong Xuecun
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
I am a doctor, but I'm also a source of infection -- You want me to live, and I want to live, too -- I drive forwards, but the wind blows back -- A man who wants to pursue the light -- My soul is singing -- Just like boarding Noah's Ark -- The darkest moment -- I want a just explanation
Control code
000071361329
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
309 pages
Isbn
9781743798744
Lccn
jb2022009518
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1309087297

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