{"product_id":"city-like-water-by-dorothy-tse","title":"City Like Water by Dorothy Tse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe city you grew up in is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. So much has vanished with it – counterfeit watches, streets echoing with the sound of stilettos, and even some of your classmates and teachers. Then the disappearances come closer to home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour mother joins a housewives’ protest over fake lotus roots only to be turned into a statue by the police. Your father is quietly absorbed into the enormous TV gifted by the government, reappearing in the background of soap operas. And didn’t you once have a little sister, before she flew away? As the police go undercover and transform your neighbourhood into a violent labyrinth you can no longer navigate, where does this leave you?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucid, nightmarish and indelible, City Like Water is a wondrous tale of a city not so different from your own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Natascha Bruce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fitzcarraldo Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55619170206038,"sku":"9781804272282","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0845\/9970\/1846\/files\/City_like_watertr.png?v=1791291253","url":"https:\/\/etc.london\/products\/city-like-water-by-dorothy-tse","provider":"Etc.Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}