{"product_id":"brief-encounter-9781448200818","title":"Brief Encounter","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alec Waugh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Family Life - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e is also a major film starring Sophia Loren and Richard Burton","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082673479831,"sku":"9781448200818","price":1519.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781448200818.webp?v=1767263343","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/brief-encounter-9781448200818","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}