{"product_id":"as-if-by-isabel-waidner","title":"As If by Isabel Waidner","description":"\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\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLewis 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\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\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Hardback 192 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Hamish Hamilton Ltd\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9780241779187\u003cbr\u003ePublished:26 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:The arts: general issues, Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features\u003cbr\u003eWeight:252g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:204 x 137 x 20 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63567536324957,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9780241779187.jpg?v=1771848511","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/as-if-by-isabel-waidner","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}