{"product_id":"cross-channelbooks","title":"Cross Channel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more\" data-action=\"read-more\" data-overviewlongdescription=\"null\" data-aboutthebook=\"true\" id=\"product-description-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutthebook\"\u003eNo one has a better perspective on life on both sides of the channel than Julian Barnes. In these exquisitely crafted stories spanning several centuries, he takes as his universal theme the British in France; from the last days of a reclusive English composer, the beef consuming 'navvies' labouring on the Paris-Rouen railway to a lonely woman mourning the death of her brother on the battlefields of the Somme.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining the intellectual audacity of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of the World in 10 1\/2 Chapters\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewith the francophilia of the acclaimed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlaubert's Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e, Julian Barnes explores the English experience of France over the centuries with dazzling wit and sophistication.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Barnes, Julian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":48460320407776,"sku":null,"price":16.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/Screenshot2025-12-21at1.53.13PM.png?v=1766339600","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/cross-channelbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}