{"product_id":"9781783786121","title":"Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck","description":"An ambitious story of love and betrayal' - Irish Times'The ending is like a bomb thrown into your room -- you'll be reeling for days and weeks to come.' - Neel MukherjeeBerlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her and a dangerous crack forms between them, opening up a space for cruelty, punishment and the exertion of power. And the world around them is changing too: as the GDR begins to crumble, so too do all the old certainties and the old loyalties, ushering in a new era whose great gains also involve profound loss.   From a prize-winning German writer, this is the intimate and devastating story of the path of two lovers through the ruins of a relationship, set against the backdrop of a seismic period in European history.; 304 pages; 01\/06\/2023\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9781783786121\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43125343223987,"sku":"9781783786121","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/6874\/1219\/products\/9781783786121.jpg?v=1709757048","url":"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/products\/9781783786121","provider":"Books2Door","version":"1.0","type":"link"}