{"product_id":"9780141198668-mr-bridge","title":"Mr Bridge","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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 prejudice, self-doubts and dreary existence - his Christmas gifts to the family are stock certificates, which he immediately takes back to manage on their behalf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe companion novel to \u003ci\u003eMrs Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a pitch-perfect portrayal of marriage and family life and a poignant dissection of the unexamined life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalter Bridge, husband to India and father to three, is a successful lawyer in a Kansas suburb. The daily \u003cbr\u003edramas 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 \u003ci\u003eMr Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe companion novel, \u003ci\u003eMrs Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, telling the story from the other side of the marriage, is published in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56463644262774,"sku":"9780141198668","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32260140.jpg?v=1760585429","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141198668-mr-bridge","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}