{"product_id":"paris-trance-a-romance-paperback","title":"Paris Trance: A Romance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople talk about love at first sight, about the way that men and women fall for each other immediately, but there is also such a thing as friendship at first sight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLuke moves to Paris with the idea of writing a novel but things get in the way. He becomes friends with a fellow expatriate, Alex; then he falls in love with Nicole. Alex meets Sahra, and the two couples form an intimacy that changes their lives. As they discover the clubs and cafés of the eleventh arrondissement, the four become inseparable, united by deeply held convictions about dating strategies, tunneling in P.O.W. films, and, crucially, the role of the Styrofoam cup in action movies. Experiencing the exhilarating highs of Ecstasy and sex, they reach a peak of rapture-the comedown from which is unexpected and devastating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Geoff Dyer fixes a dream of happiness-and its aftermath-with photographic precision. Boldly erotic and hauntingly elegiac, comic and romantic, \u003ci\u003eParis Trance\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Dyer as one of England's most original and talented writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eJeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other novels, and several nonfiction books. He won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2012 for \u003ci\u003eOtherwise Known as the Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724305436735,"sku":"9780312429447","price":28.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d5b937faa22fec4e5d14b5516f633900.webp?v=1765102219","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/paris-trance-a-romance-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}