{"product_id":"three-years-in-exile","title":"Three Years in Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author’s exile started in late September 2020, three months after the imposition of the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong. It was the time of a global pandemic – the outbreak and spreading of the deadly Covid-19. After uprooting himself from Hong Kong, he has experienced hardship and difficulties. While struggling to adapt to a life in a different environment with limited means, he spent his spare time recording what he had encountered in the form of sketches. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn three years, he first stayed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and then relocated to London. Moving repeatedly in London, he came up with the idea of compiling a book, a pictorial album, with his sketches. Explanatory notes were written to accompany the sketches, recalling mainly what he felt while compiling them, and are included in this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past few years, half a million Hongkongers have left their home city, and more than 200,000 have come to the UK. Many of them might have experienced much more hardship than the author\/artist and will easily relate their experience to his story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487949594997,"sku":"9781806342303","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781806342303.jpg?v=1786355173","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/three-years-in-exile","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}