{"product_id":"9780141198668","title":"Mr Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Connell, Evan S. \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 22\/01\/2013,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141198668,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe companion novel to Mrs Bridge, this is a pitch-perfect portrayal of marriage and family life and a poignant dissection of the unexamined life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe companion novel, Mrs Bridge, telling the story from the other side of the marriage, is published in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56111132017013,"sku":"9780141198668","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780141198668.jpg?v=1760688604","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780141198668","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}