{"product_id":"crossings","title":"Crossings","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAlex Landragin's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCrossings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the brink of the Nazi occupation of Paris, a German-Jewish bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrossings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003eThe first story in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrossings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003eWith each new chapter, the stunning connections between these seemingly disparate people grow clearer and more extraordinary. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrossings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an unforgettable adventure full of love, longing and empathy.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67809118290105,"sku":"dhm1792457284895","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/9875\/6793\/files\/crossings_1.jpg?v=1792457289","url":"https:\/\/seatcovers.shop\/products\/crossings","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}