{"product_id":"games-a-love-story-9780063437722","title":"Games: A Love Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A complex, beautiful coming-of-age novel...a love story unlike any I've ever read.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--ALI HAZELWOOD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A soulful book about the politics of labor and submission.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--RAVEN LEILANI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sharp and provocative coming-of-age debut chronicling the turbulent romance between a brilliant economics grad student and a magnetic Wall Street banker two decades her senior.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Lili Marwan--seeking to escape the unrelenting pressures of her master's thesis, recent rejection from her foster family, and unresolved grief from the death of her parents--has an intense one-night stand with Aleksandr Petrov, her restless mind finally goes calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt twenty-two, Lili is already opinionated beyond her years: whether it's astrology, democratic socialism, veganism, or the ravages of late-stage capitalism run rampant. But when a tall, dark stranger buys her a drink in a FiDi bar, she suddenly meets her match. Aleksandr is formidable, fiercely intelligent, and infuriatingly disarming. He's also more than two decades older than her, a Capricorn with a birth chart full of red flags, a neoliberal capitalist, and a strong believer in the power of free markets, having escaped the Soviet Union in its dying days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's the opposite of Lili in nearly every way. He challenges her at every turn. And she can't stay away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a heady New York City summer, Lili and Aleksandr reach across the divide of their differences and the decades of their lives, discovering startlingly shared experiences. Their casual arrangement--rough sex, hours where Lili does not need to make any decisions--gives way fast to an unexpected intimacy, by turns breathtaking, then devastating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Lili struggles to understand herself and the complicated threads of her ambition, pain, and desire, she will have to decide: is she willing to risk great loss again, for the hope of profit that is finally within reach?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Maria Volkova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063437722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolkova, Anna Maria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Maria Volkova\u003c\/b\u003e lives and works in New York City. Personal family histories from within the former Soviet Union and the Middle East inform her writing, as do her professional experiences. Raised in the Pacific Northwest, she studied history and political science. \u003ci\u003eGames \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Anna Maria Volkova \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48614096437405,"sku":"9780063437722","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_632e6fe9-49e8-4c22-a725-c3a370eb81ec.jpg?v=1783464038","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/games-a-love-story-9780063437722","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}