{"product_id":"benjamins-crossing-by-jay-parini-9781786892850","title":"Benjamin's Crossing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no such thing as history, you see. It's a dream, perhaps even a dream of a dream...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWalter Benjamin is dead. One of the most radiant minds of the twentieth century has been snatched away by death in a small town on the border between Spain and France. His thousand-page manuscript, carried the length of France during his flight from the Nazis, has vanished with him, never to be recovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJay Parini's extraordinary work traces Benjamin's steps back through time, from the salons of Berlin to the winding roads of Catalonia. A tale of escape and pursuit, \u003cem\u003eBenjamin's Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e dramatises one of the most moving peripheral episodes of the Holocaust; and above all, it is a love story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595788173548,"sku":"9781786892850","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786892850-benjamin-s-crossing.jpg?v=1777907282","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/benjamins-crossing-by-jay-parini-9781786892850","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}