Mr Bridge
Evan S. Connell achieved fame with his remarkable biography of General Armstrong Custer, SON OF MORNING STAR. But he was an accomplished artist long before that. His literary reputation rests in large measure on his two Bridge books. MR. BRIDGE is the companion volume to Connell's MRS. BRIDGE. It...
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Evan S. Connell achieved fame with his remarkable biography of General Armstrong Custer, SON OF MORNING STAR. But he was an accomplished artist long before that. His literary reputation rests in large measure on his two Bridge books. MR. BRIDGE is the companion volume to Connell's MRS. BRIDGE. It is made up of fragments of experience from the life of a middle-aged suburban couple between two wars. Brief episodes are juxtaposed to reveal the stereotyped values and emotional and spiritual aridity of the prosperous and ever-so-proper Bridges. "Connell's art is one of restraint and perfect mimicry. His chapters are admirably short, his style is brevity itself...rarely has a satirist damned his subject with such good humor." (The New York Times)
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780865470545 (0865470545)
Publish date: September 1st 1990
Publisher: North Point Press
Pages no: 367
Edition language: English
This pair of novels (Mr Bridge and Mrs Bridge) is so much better than the movie. You get to read about the same marriage, same events, same time period, from two perspectives: His and hers. I read Mrs. Bridge first. I wonder if I would have felt differently about the characters if I had read his fir...
When I first read Mr. Bridge along with its companion novel Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell, I read Mrs. Bridge before Mr. Bridge. For some reason, I read them in the opposite order when re-reading them, which may have contributed to how I felt after finishing them.::: The Original Workaholic :::Walt...
i've been thinking about writing a review for mr. bridge (and one for mrs. bridge) for three years now. in the midst of reading and even after i am always overflowing with reaction to the books but it's been hell trying to restrain my thoughts. each time i've found i think so much about them that i ...
The emptiness of contemporary American life, especially for the American man, is on every page of this book. Mr. Bridge, while less forthcoming than Mrs. Bridge, nevertheless conveys ...
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