{"product_id":"flights-of-love-stories-9780375725555","title":"Flights of Love: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBernhard Schlink brings to these seven superbly crafted stories the same sleek concision and moral acuity that made \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Reader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e an international bestseller. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis characters-men with importunate appetites and unfortunate habits of deception-are uneasily suspended between the desire for love and the impulse toward flight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young boy's fascination with an eerily erotic painting gradually leads him into the labyrinth of his family's secrets. The friendship between a West Berliner and an idealistic young couple from the East founders amid the prosperity and revelations that follow the collapse of communism. An acrobatic philanderer (one wife and two mistresses, all apparently quite happy) begins to crack under the weight of his abundance. By turns brooding and comic, and filled with the suspense that comes from the inexorable unfolding of character, \u003ci\u003eFlights of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is nothing less than masterful\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375725555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.17w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/24\/2002 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bernhard Schlink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51707948728501,"sku":"9780375725555","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c8000244-6ac5-4005-9933-f63449e7c9cb.jpg?v=1757396805","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/flights-of-love-stories-9780375725555","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}