{"product_id":"touch-a-novel","title":"Touch: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe inspiration for a film directed  written and produced by Baltasar Kormkur  co-written by Olaf Olafsson. \"Delicate  absorbing...as satisfying as it is moving.\"  Vogue A mesmerizing  panoramic story of one mans search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades before When the pandemic hits  Kristofer is forced to shutter his successful restaurant in Reykjavik  sending him into a spiral of uncertainty  even as his memory seems to be failing. But an uncanny bolt from the bluea message from Miko Nakamura  a woman whom hed known in the sixties when they were students in Londonboth inspires and rattles him  as he is drawn inexorably back into a love story that has marked him for life. Even as the pandemic upends his world  Kristofer finds himself pulled toward an answer to the mystery of Mikos sudden departure decades before  compelling him to travel to London and Japan as the virus threatens to shut everything down. A heart-wrenching love story and an absorbing mystery  Touch delves into the secrets of the past to explore the hidden lives that we all possess  the pain and beauty of our past loves and friendships that continue to leave their mark on us. Searching and lyrically rendered by acclaimed author Olaf Olafsson  Touch is a stunning tribute to the weight of history and the complexities of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983904174133,"sku":"ByrdShop_0063226987","price":26.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780063226982.jpg?v=1770813312","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/touch-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}