{"product_id":"year-of-the-rat-jorah-kai-9781959604099","title":"Year of the Rat: 2020, As it Happened, Around the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Year of the Metal Rat, 2020.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA time of plague, panic, and planetary upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile some masked up and locked down to protect the vulnerable, others weaponized denial, stormed public spaces, and called basic science tyranny. Around the world, truth fractured into echo chambers, and dystopia crept in on viral feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom inside China's Zero COVID bubble, Jorah Kai chronicles an unforgettable year-one where he swaps classrooms for quarantines and nightly news for neighborhood resilience. As the world burns, he reaches out to friends and frontline voices across the globe, weaving a chorus of intimate dispatches from thirty-three cities in sixteen countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the streets of Chicago to Italy, Uganda, Vietnam, and the Netherlands, these voices form a living time capsule-each snapshot a story of fear, faith, fury, and the strange comfort of connection across closed borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It's the metaphor of the yin and the yang. Right now, we are in the yin. It's a kind of disaster.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -Jean-Claude Van Damme\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sequel to the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible War (Kai's Diary)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYear of the Rat\u003c\/i\u003e is both witness and warning, a global memoir of science, solidarity, and surrealism. Featuring frontline letters, viral dreams, cyberpunk cities, celebrity cameos, and the secrets of Shaolin, this is the story of how the world stood still-and what it took to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecause in the darkest days, the stories we share are how we find our way back to the light.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorah Kai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959604090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959604099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e More Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.23d","brand":"Jorah Kai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437189378303,"sku":"9781959604099","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a9876d9b-6cfd-421c-bb9e-3642027e179a.jpg?v=1777160411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/year-of-the-rat-jorah-kai-9781959604099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}