AWW22 Deadly Quiet City - Murong Xuecun

Chaired by Clive Hamilton


In January 2020, Wuhan was placed in total lockdown, leaving its
residents anxious and afraid, struggling to find medicine, food
and information about the strange new virus that left them
trapped them in their homes. In Deadly Quiet City, one of China’s
most celebrated authors, Murong Xuecen, goes in search of stories
from Wuhan's 76-day lockdown. Eight people – including an
exhausted doctor and a citizen journalist – share their lives and
their grief as the catastrophe unfolded. Revealing truths about
people, the pandemic and China today, Deadly Quiet City is a
haunting documentation of modern history.