{"product_id":"city-of-ash-and-red-9781628727814","title":"City of Ash and Red","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED AN NPR GREAT READ OF 2018\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, a Kafkaesque tale of crime and punishment hailed by Korea's\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e as \"an airtight masterpiece.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Distinguished for his talents as a rat killer, the nameless protagonist of Hye-young Pyun's \u003ci\u003eCity of Ash and Red\u003c\/i\u003e is sent by the extermination company he works for on an extended assignment in C, a country descending into chaos and paranoia, swept by a contagious disease, and flooded with trash. No sooner does he disembark than he is whisked away by quarantine officials and detained overnight. Isolated and forgotten, he realizes that he is stranded with no means of contacting the outside world. Still worse, when he finally manages to reach an old friend, he is told that his ex-wife's body was found in his apartment and he is the prime suspect. Barely managing to escape arrest, he must struggle to survive in the streets of this foreign city gripped with fear of contamination and reestablish contact with his company and friends in order to clear his reputation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But as the man's former life slips further and further from his grasp, and he looks back on his time with his wife, it becomes clear that he may not quite be who he seems. From the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity of Ash and Red\u003c\/i\u003e is an apocalyptic account of the destructive impact of fear and paranoia on people's lives as well as a haunting novel about a man's loss of himself and his humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628727814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2018 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hye-Young Pyun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45111863345333,"sku":"9781628727814","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e50c4d2b-9c14-43b8-96f3-3142845bdd15.jpg?v=1739887376","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/city-of-ash-and-red-9781628727814","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}