{"product_id":"9780007196654","title":"The Vagrants","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe much-anticipated first novel from the Guardian First Book Award-winning Chinese writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the provincial town of Muddy Waters in China, a young woman named Gu Shan is sentenced to death for her loss of faith in Communism. She is twenty-eight years old and has already spent ten years in prison. The citizens stage a protest after her death and, over the following six weeks, the town goes through uncertainty, hope and fear until eventually the rebellion is brutally suppressed. They are all taken on a painful journey, from one young woman's death to another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe follow the pain of Gu Shan's parents, the hope and fear of the leaders of the protest and their families. Even those who seem unconnected to the tragedy – an eleven-year-old boy seeking fame and glory, a nineteen-year-old village idiot in love with a young and deformed girl, an old couple making a living by scavenging the town's garbage cans – are caught up in a remorseless turn of events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYiyun Li's novel is based on the true story which took place in China in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yiyun Li","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895293300885,"sku":"9780007196654","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007196654_7dc81822-ec07-4a1f-b3e4-98aedb365fc0.jpg?v=1776888535","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007196654","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}