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CROSSINGS

Alex Landragin

On a Polynesian island in the 17th Century, two lovers, Koahu and Alula, who have the ability to selectively inhabit other people’s bodies are separated when Koahu crosses into a French sailor’s body and fails to cross back before it’s too late. To stay with him, Alula also decides to stay in a foreigner’s body and set sail for Europe, but before she knows it, Koahu is gone.

They journey through 18th-century Paris, inhabiting the likes of Charles Baudelaire, Walter Benjamin, and Coco Chanel, and longing to reunite while a sinister killer chases them across history, cutting out the eyes of his victims, in this genre-bending adventure for fans of Cloud Atlas.

This meticulously structured novel can be read two ways: either straight through or according to an alternate chapter sequence. The effect is a brilliant parallel to the novel’s themes of migration, gender identity and the complexities of time. Both sprawling and circular, CROSSINGS is an unforgettable adventure full of love, longing, and empathy, perfect for our troubled times.
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Published by St. Martin’s Press