{"product_id":"ghost-cities","title":"Ghost Cities","description":"Perfect for fans of Haruki Murakami, \u003ci\u003eGhost Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and highly imaginative novel that cleverly draws on Chinese history to explore the absurdity of modern life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhost Cities\u003c\/i\u003e - 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAllegorical and imaginative, \u003ci\u003eGhost Cities\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to readers of Haruki Murakami and Italo Calvino.","brand":"Siang Lu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515808120893,"sku":null,"price":33.24,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780702268496.jpg?v=1787489429","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/ghost-cities","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}