{"product_id":"gemini-michel-tournier-9780801857768","title":"Gemini","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTournier's novel is a love story that uses the theme of twinship to explore a near infinity of dualities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean and Paul are identical twins. Outsiders, even their parents, cannot tell them apart, and call them Jean-Paul. The mysterious bond between them excludes all others; they speak their own language; they are one perfectly harmonious unit; they are, in all innocence, lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Paul, this unity is paradise, but as they grow up Jean rebels against it. He takes a mistress and deserts his brother, but Paul sets out to follow him in a pilgrimage that leads all around the world, through places that reflect their separation--the mirrored halls of Venice, the Zen gardens of Japan, the newly divided city of Berlin. The exquisite love story of Jean-Paul is set against the ugliness and pain of human existence.\u003ci\u003e Gemini\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of extraordinary proportions, intricate images, and profound thought, in which Michel Tournier tells his fascinating story with an irresistible humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Tournier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801857767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801857768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.53w x 1.01d","brand":"Michel Tournier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926136520959,"sku":"9780801857768","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0ca793d2-398a-47ad-99d3-a778ebd10e25.jpg?v=1681081408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gemini-michel-tournier-9780801857768","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}