{"product_id":"crossings","title":"Crossings","description":"Indie Next Pick!\nJenny Lawson Book Club Pick!\nBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Book of the Month Pick!\n\n\"A sparkling debut. Landragin’s seductive literary romp shines as a celebration of the act of storytelling.\" ―Publishers Weekly\n\n\"Romance, mystery, history, and magical invention dance across centuries in an impressive debut novel.\" ―Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)\n\n\"Deft writing seduces the reader in a complex tale of pursuit, denial, and retribution moving from past to future. Highly recommended.\" ―Library Journal (Starred Review)\n\nAlex Landragin's Crossings 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.\n\nOn the brink of the Nazi occupation of Paris, a German-Jewish bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript called Crossings. 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.\n\nThe first story in Crossings 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.\n\nWith each new chapter, the stunning connections between these seemingly disparate people grow clearer and more extraordinary. Crossings is an unforgettable adventure full of love, longing and empathy.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250796725\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1250796725.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Landragin, Alex\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43335619575869,"sku":"BVV.1250796725.G","price":5.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1250796725-0.jpg?v=1783736376","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/crossings","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}