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Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

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58

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

35/100

Critics

81/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Murong Xuecun

Publisher:

The New Press

Date:

March 7, 2023

Portraits of eight Wuhan residents at the dawn of the pandemic.

What The Reviewers Say

Tony Miksanek,
Booklist
Fear—of a novel virus, an oppressive government, and death—is the common denominator in this tragic account.

Kirkus
A shocking, heart-rending report from the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic in China..

Publishers Weekly
A harrowing snapshot of life in the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic.