{"product_id":"stowaways","title":"Aciman André: Stowaways [2026]","description":"\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":"André Aciman","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52740204822867,"sku":"9780571399925","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/andre-aciman-aciman-andre-stowaways-2026-9780571399925-1215840561.jpg?v=1767908351","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/stowaways","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}