Crossings

Books

"A sparkling debut. Landragin's seductive literary romp shines as a celebration of the act of storytelling." -Publishers Weekly "Romance, mystery, history, and magical invention dance across centuries in an impressive debut novel." -Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) "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) Alex 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. 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 ...