{"product_id":"9781448202133","title":"Brief Encounter","description":"First published in 1975, this story tells of how a chance meeting in a café, a piece of grit delicately removed by a gentleman from a lady's eye give birth to an affair... a brief yet unrelenting emotional tug-of-war between two people whose spontaneous desire clashes head-on with the 'facts' of their existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is Anna, married to Graham and happily content with her home life and two children. There is Alec, trapped in a loveless marriage to cool, uninvolved Melanie, looking to his work as a doctor for fulfillment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween them a flame is kindled that splendidly ignites a passion way beyond the well-constructed limits of their imaginations. Then comes the test. Can they transform their dream into a lasting love or must it founder on the hard rocks of reality?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e is also a major film starring Sophia Loren and Richard Burton","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155287720176,"sku":"9781448202133","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448202133_p0.jpg?v=1763827092","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448202133","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}