{"product_id":"bridge-9781938160486","title":"Bridge","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2015 PEN CENTER USA LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in modern-day San Francisco, this obsessive fiction probes the stormy life of Alice, a passionate and whip-smart young woman who works at a law firm. Alice faces despair and occasional rapture as she struggles with simultaneously real and hallucinated relationships, including a tumultuous romance with her co-worker David, and an escalating war with her supervisor Fran. In lyrical prose, \u003ci\u003eBridge\u003c\/i\u003e exposes a raw, brilliant, and furious mind as it treads the jagged terrain of mental illness, murder, and suicide--to be or not to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDoor to Door\u003c\/i\u003e (2002, Fordham University Press), selected by Yusef Komunyakaa as winner of the Poets Out Loud Prize, as well as \u003ci\u003eDragging the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e (2006, Carnegie Mellon University Press). He has received a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and won a Pushcart Prize. He lives with his wife in Oakland, California, and works as a legal secretary in San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938160486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2014 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robert Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41614417297589,"sku":"9781938160486","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c64d5f1f-081a-4ba9-b829-b234c39562e4.jpg?v=1644900718","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bridge-9781938160486","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}