Mrs. Bridge
A Novel
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3.9 • 45 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST: “A perfect novel” that chronicles the lives of a wealthy family in 1930s Kansas through the eyes of its matriarch (Meg Wolitzer, New York Times–bestselling author).
The basis for Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990), starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
In Mrs. Bridge, Evan S. Connell, a consummate storyteller, artfully crafts a portrait using the finest of details in everyday events and confrontations. The novel is comprised of vignettes, images, fragments of conversations, events—all building powerfully toward the completed group portrait of a family, closely knit on the surface but deeply divided by loneliness, boredom, misunderstandings, isolation, sexual longing, and terminal isolation.
In this special 50th anniversary edition, we are reminded once again why Mrs. Bridge has been hailed by readers and critics alike as one of the greatest novels in American literature.
Customer Reviews
A kind of zoetrope
Each of the 117 short chapters is a beautifully-composed snapshot. Together, they’re the movie of a life, not in wide-screen technicolor, but something more intimate and remarkable. Evan Connell made a genius choice of form. Check this out!
Out of the park
As soon as the last page was turned, I began to read again. It’s that well-written. There are so many passages, some just a few words, others a few sentences, that one has to read again.