{"product_id":"9780571399925","title":"Stowaways","description":"By: André Aciman     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis contemporary twist on \u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender meditation on what might have been.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Maybe we love people because they won't let us know them.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA summer's evening in Manhattan. Nothing - not cold drinks, not showers not a stroll through the chilly aisles of an all-night drugstore - can undo the heat's hold on the city. Julian is half watching the evening news, his husband filling the dishwasher. That's when it arrives. An email with the subject line: 'From Paul Axel'. An email about a dead man from Carol - a woman Julian has never met. Paul has left a message he'd like her to relay. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmails are exchanged. Morning coffee at the Bryant Park Grill is agreed. Carol, fulfilling Paul's final request, wonders how she will tell Julian of a life - and a love - he has no idea existed. A life, encased in a flash drive, containing multitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"GB - Hardback","offer_id":47069809115363,"sku":"DTRFFUK-9780571399925","price":111.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/81YjG4K-NzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1775100650","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/9780571399925","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}