{"product_id":"as-if-by-isabel-waidner-9780241779187","title":"As If","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrailblazing author Isabel Waidner returns with an existential cat-and-mouse story of grief, loss, ambition, and the possibility of making oneself anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo men meet in a flat in London. They are total strangers and yet they look remarkably alike. Lewis is grieving his dead wife; Korine is hiding from his very-much-alive one. Lewis never had children; Korine is an ambivalent parent at best. Lewis is an erstwhile actor, too depressed to attend the big audition that has just fallen into his lap. Korine has tried a dozen dead-end jobs but never pursued his acting dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo men living mirror image lives. Each seeking a second chance to get things right. Each wanting what the other has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs If\u003c\/em\u003e is an existential farce about the road not taken. Surreal and slyly poignant, suffused with ironic melancholia, it is a parable for the twenty-first century everyman— a character trapped in reality's hall of mirrors, endlessly searching for something to live for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288360632556,"sku":"9780241779187","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5076fd05c59d3766a4806c8de336ce7c.jpg?v=1770633840","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/as-if-by-isabel-waidner-9780241779187","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}