Mr Bridge
Reeks: Penguin Modern Classics
Evan S. Connell
- The
- companion
- novel
- to
- Mrs
- Bridge,
- this
- is
- a
- pitch-perfect
- portrayal
- of
- marriage
- and
- family
- life
- and
- a
- poignant
- dissection
- of
- the
- unexamined
- life.Walter
- Bridge,
- husband
- to
- India
- and
- father
- to
- three,
- is
- a
- successful
- lawyer
- in
- a
- Kansas
- suburb.
- The
- daily
dramas
- of
- his
- life
- only
- serve
- to
- illuminate
- his
- narrow
- prejudices
- and
- complacent
- outlook,
- yet
- he
- is
- also
- troubled
- by
- existential
- doubts,
- dark
- undercurrents
- of
- desire
- and
- a
- yearning
- for
- something
- forever
- out
- of
- his
- reach.
- In
- Mr
- Bridge,
- Evan
- S.
- Connell
- gives
- us
- a
- moving,
- satirical
- and
- poetic
- portrayal
- of
- a
- man
- who
- cannot
- escape
- his
- limitations
- and
- of
- a
- couple
- growing
- old
- together
- but
- unable,
- ultimately,
- to
- connect.The
- companion
- novel,
- Mrs
- Bridge,
- telling
- the
- story
- from
- the
- other
- side
- of
- the
- marriage,
- is
- published
- in
- Penguin
- Modern
- Classics.'With
- a
- delicate
- and
- subtle
- irony,
- Mr
- Connell
- shows
- us,
- first
- from
- her,
- then
- from
- his
- point
- of
- view,
- the
- little
- daily
- dramas
- of
- this
- ordinary
- family.
- It
- is
- very,
- very
- funny,
- often
- moving
- and
- sad,
- and
- written
- with
- an
- uncompromising
- realism
- that
- one
- rarely
- comes
- across.
- To
- me
- the
- Bridges
- were
- a
- revelation:
- I
- cannot
- recommend
- them
- too
- highly'
- Daily Telegraph
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