{"product_id":"cross-channel-9780679767558","title":"Cross Channel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending, \u003c\/i\u003e his first collection of short stories explores the vast divide between England and France. - \"A witty, playful and ironic writer at the top of his form.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection, Barnes explores the narrow body of water containing the vast sea of prejudice and misapprehension which lies between England and France with acuity, humor, and compassion. For whether Barnes's English characters come to France as conquerors or hostages, laborers, athletes, or aesthetes, what they discover, alongside rich food and barbarous sexual and religious practices, is their own ineradicable Englishness. The ten stories that make up Cross Channel introduce us to a plethora of intriguing, original, and sometimes ill-fated characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElegantly conceived and seductively written, \u003ci\u003eCross Channel\u003c\/i\u003e is further evidence of Barnes's wizardry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679767558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.19w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/1997 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Julian Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258200785077,"sku":"9780679767558","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4d31a549-1e73-4da3-b6de-4cc8117c840e.jpg?v=1750814373","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cross-channel-9780679767558","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}