{"product_id":"mr-bridge-9781593760601","title":"Mr. Bridge","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic novel about a repressed upper-middle-class husband in the American Midwest, by a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Man Booker Prize winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalter Bridge is an ambitious Kansas City lawyer who redoubles his efforts and time at the office whenever he senses that his family needs something--even when what they need is more of him and less of his money. Affluence, material assets, and comforts create a cocoon of respectability that cloaks the void within--not the skeleton in the closet but a black hole swallowing the whole household. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether with its companion, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, this novel is a classic portrait of a man, a marriage, and the manners and mores of a particular social class in the first half of twentieth-century America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A small masterpiece.\" --Joyce Carol Oates \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. and Mrs. Bridge are forever human, forever vulnerable, forever pitiable. In spare, whimsical, ironic prose, Connell exposes each and every one of their wrinkles and then, in the end, offers them to us as human beings to be cherished.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593760601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Evan S. Connell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43361502953653,"sku":"9781593760601","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_07138942-f212-4754-af2d-588b146fb578.jpg?v=1701191115","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mr-bridge-9781593760601","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}