{"product_id":"9780241779187","title":"As If by Waidner, Isabel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Waidner, Isabel \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThe arts: general issues\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 February 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd (Hamish Hamilton Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e204 x 137 x 20 | 252g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant, strange and tender exploration of what it is to fail, keep failing, and fail better' Sarah Bernstein, author of Study for Obedience Two 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\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\u003cp\u003eAs If 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","brand":"Burley Fisher Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56817177657721,"sku":"9780241779187","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/3385\/2310\/files\/9780241779187.jpg?v=1773053988","url":"https:\/\/burleyfisherbooks.com\/products\/9780241779187","provider":"Burley Fisher Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}