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02309aam a2200265Mi 4500 001 897645C22A8411ED94E10AE24EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220902010023 008 201217t20212019nyu e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9781250796721 020 $a 1250796725 035 $a (OCoLC)1227086950 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d VYG $d CNCAR $d OCLCO $d GZM $d SILO 043 $a po----- $a po----- 100 1 $a Landragin, Alex, $e author. 245 10 $a Crossings : $b consisting of three manuscripts : the education of a monster : city of ghosts : tales of the albatross / $c Alex Landragin. 250 $a First St. Martin's Griffin edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b St. Martin's Griffin, $c 2021. 300 $a xviii, 359 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a "Originally published in Australia by Picador, Pan MacMillan Australia Pty Ltd"--Title page verso. 505 00 $t Tales of the albatross. $t City of ghosts -- $t Tales of the albatross. 520 $a "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. On 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. The 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. With 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l ORAX826 $d 20220902010223.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=897645C22A8411ED94E10AE24EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search