{"product_id":"ghost-cities","title":"Ghost Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003eGhost Cities – inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China – follows multiple narratives, including one in which a young man named Xiang is fired from his job as a translator at Sydney’ s Chinese Consulate after it is discovered he doesn’t speak a word of Chinese and has been relying entirely on Google Translate for his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow is his relocation to one such ghost city connected to a parallel odyssey in which an ancient Emperor creates a thousand doubles of Himself? Or where a horny mountain gains sentience? Where a chess-playing automaton hides a deadly secret? Or a tale in which every book in the known Empire is destroyed – then re-created, page by page and book by book, all in the name of love and art?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllegorical and imaginative, Ghost Cities will appeal to readers of Haruki Murakami and Italo Calvino.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siang Lu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44487161348265,"sku":"9780702268496","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780702268496.jpg?v=1722209629","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/ghost-cities","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}