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Mrs. Bridge

A Novel

Mrs. Bridge( )
Author: Connell, Evan S.
Afterword by: Salter, James
ISBN:978-1-58243-568-8
Publication Date:Jan 2010
Publisher:Counterpoint Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

In Mrs. Bridge, Evan S. Connell, a consummate storyteller, artfully crafts a portrait using the finest of details in everyday events and confrontations. With a surgeon’s skill, Connell cuts away the middle-class security blanket of uniformity to expose the arrested development underneath—the entropy of time and relationships lead Mrs. Bridge's three children and husband to recede into a remote silence, and she herself drifts further into doubt and confusion. The...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Family Life / General
Fiction / Psychological
Fiction / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.52 x 7.99 x 0.71 Inches
Book Weight:0.575 Pounds
Author Biography
Connell, Evan S. (Author)
Evan S. Connell was born August 17, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1947. His first work, The Anatomy Lesson and Other Stories, was published in 1957. His first novel, Mrs. Bridge, was published in 1959. The sequel, Mr. Bridge, was published ten years later. In 1990, both novels were adapted into the film Mr. and Mrs. Bridge starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. He wrote more than 15 books during his lifetime including Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn, The Patriot, The Diary of a Rapist, The Connoisseur, Deus Lo Volt!, and Lost in Uttar Pradesh. He died on January 10, 2013 at the age of 88.

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