Crossings [electronic resource]
Alex Landragin2019
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE VOSS LITERARY AWARD 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2020
I didn't write this book. I stole it...
A Parisian bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript containing three stories,
each as unlikely as the other.
The first, 'The Education of a Monster', is a letter penned by the poet Charles
Baudelaire to an illiterate girl. The second, 'City of Ghosts', is a noir
romance set in Paris in 1940 as the Germans are invading. The third, 'Tales of
the Albatross', is the strangest of the three: the autobiography of a deathless
enchantress. Together, they tell the tale of two lost souls peregrinating
through time.
An unforgettable tour de force with echoes of Roberto Bolaño, David Mitchell
and Umberto Eco, Crossings is a novel in three parts, designed to be read in two
different directions, spanning a hundred and fifty years and seven lifetimes.
PRAISE FOR CROSSINGS
'The style is in the tradition of storytelling of old, where t...
Main title:
Crossings [electronic resource] / Alex Landragin
Author:
Alex Landragin, Author
Imprint:
Sydney : Picador Australia, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781760786649
Language:
English
BRN:
436362
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |