Mrs Bridge
Reeks: Penguin Modern Classics
Evan S. Connell
- Evan
- S.
- Connell's
- Mrs
- Bridge
- is
- an
- extraordinary
- tragicomic
- portrayal
- of
- suburban
- life
- and
- one
- of
- the
- classic
- American
- novels
- of
- the
- twentieth
- century.Mrs
- Bridge,
- an
- unremarkable
- and
- conservative
- housewife
- in
- Kansas
- City,
- has
- three
- children
- and
- a
- kindly
- lawyer
- husband.
- She
- spends
- her
- time
- shopping,
- going
- to
- bridge
- parties
- and
- bringing
- up
- her
- children
- to
- be
- pleasant,
- clean
- and
- have
- nice
- manners.
- And
- yet
- she
- finds
- modern
- life
- increasingly
- baffling,
- her
- children
- aren't
- growing
- up
- into
- the
- people
- she
- expected,
- and
- sometimes
- she
- has
- the
- vague
- disquieting
- sensation
- that
- all
- is
- not
- well
- in
- her
- life.
- In
- a
- series
- of
- comic,
- telling
- vignettes,
- Evan
- S.
- Connell
- illuminates
- the
- narrow
- morality,
- confusion,
- futility
- and
- even
- terror
- at
- the
- heart
- of
- a
- life
- of
- plenty.The
- companion
- novel
- Mr
- Bridge,
- telling
- the
- story
- from
- the
- other
- side
- of
- the
- marriage,
- is
- also
- available
- in
- Penguin
- Modern
- Classics.'A
- perfect
- novel
- ...
- Its
- tone
- -
- knowing,
- droll,
- plaintive,
- shuttling
- rapidly
- between
- pain
- and
- hilarity
- -
- elevates
- it
- to
- its
- own
- kind
- of
- specialness
- ...
- One
- of
- those
- books
- that
- can
- suffuse
- a
- room
- with
- happiness
- when
- someone
- brings
- it
- up'
- Meg
- Wulitzer,
- The
- New
- York
- Times'Intimate
- ...
- affecting
- ...
- a
- very
- funny
- book'
- Joshua Ferris
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