{"product_id":"en-passant-allissa-oldenberg-9781839757402","title":"En Passant","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed The Queen's Gambit, the chances are you'll enjoy this story of love and identity, shaped by the game of chess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet, for the greater part, in Manhattan and Nottingham, En Passant recounts two love stories, twenty years apart, connected by the life of Ian Stringfellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories are narrated by Helen Painter, a fictional author who, inspired by a holiday in New York, her academic studies and her love of chess, reflects on some big issues, including social justice, sexual identity, suicide, and the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative also takes the reader to London, Auschwitz, Paris and Israel, on a journey which will ultimately determine the romantic destinies both of Ian and Rebekah, in the first half of the novel, and of Adam and Rowan in the second half. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, through the many different human connections in En Passant, the reader is prompted to reflect on whether it's irony or love which underpins our universe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allissa Oldenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 183975740X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839757402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grosvenor House Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.42d","brand":"Allissa Oldenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486159745279,"sku":"9781839757402","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_269a6df0-8086-40cf-9443-2af1913aa60f.jpg?v=1778054064","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/en-passant-allissa-oldenberg-9781839757402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}