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Author:

Landragin, Alex, author.

Title:

Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts : The education of a monster : City of ghosts : Tales of the albatross.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xviii, 359 pages ; 25 cm.

Notes:

"Originally published in Australia by Picador, Pan MacMillan Australia Pty Ltd"--Title page verso.

Contents:

Tales of the albatross. City of ghosts -- Tales of the albatross.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1250259045
9781250259042

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1135913514

LCCN:

2019059177

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

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SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

VOPB384 -- Conrad Public Library (Conrad)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

TSPC862 -- Norma Anders Public Library (Dysart)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

XCPB737 -- Lied Public Library-Essex (Essex)

VGPC334 -- Fayette Community Library (Fayette)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)