{"product_id":"crossings","title":"Crossings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndie Next Pick! \u003cbr\u003eJenny Lawson Book Club Pick!\u003cbr\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Book of the Month Pick!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sparkling debut. Landragin's seductive literary romp shines as a celebration of the act of storytelling.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Romance, mystery, history, and magical invention dance across centuries in an impressive debut novel.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Deft writing seduces the reader in a complex tale of pursuit, denial, and retribution moving from past to future. Highly recommended.\"  \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlex Landragin's \u003ci\u003eCrossings\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable and explosive genre-bending debut--a novel in three parts, designed to be read in two different directions, spanning a hundred and fifty years and seven lifetimes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the brink of the Nazi occupation of Paris, a German-Jewish bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript called \u003ci\u003eCrossings\u003c\/i\u003e. It has three narratives, each as unlikely as the next. And the narratives can be read one of two ways: either straight through or according to an alternate chapter sequence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first story in \u003ci\u003eCrossings\u003c\/i\u003e is a never-before-seen ghost story by the poet Charles Baudelaire, penned for an illiterate girl. Next is a noir romance about an exiled man, modeled on Walter Benjamin, whose recurring nightmares are cured when he falls in love with a storyteller who draws him into a dangerous intrigue of rare manuscripts, police corruption, and literary societies. Finally, there are the fantastical memoirs of a woman-turned-monarch whose singular life has spanned seven generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith each new chapter, the stunning connections between these seemingly disparate people grow clearer and more extraordinary. \u003ci\u003eCrossings\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable adventure full of love, longing and empathy.","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48122009911485,"sku":"BS-TC0-796721","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781250796721-HD.jpg?v=1787061022","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/crossings","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}