{"product_id":"crossings-book-alex-landragin-9781250259042","title":"Crossings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Romance, mystery, history, and magical invention dance across centuries in an impressive debut novel.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Deft writing seduces the reader in a complex tale of pursuit, denial, and retribution moving from past to future. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alex 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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49527343808785,"sku":"GOR011144437","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49897598615825,"sku":"CIN1250259045G","price":4.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50044103622929,"sku":"CIN1250259045VG","price":4.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52994725806353,"sku":"GOR013137343","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53246712480017,"sku":"CIN1250259045A","price":3.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250259045.jpg?v=1751335536","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/crossings-book-alex-landragin-9781250259042","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}