Mrs. Bridge
Evan S. Connell
This book by Evan S. Connell revolutionizes the traditional portrayal of middle-class life, using vignettes and conversations to explore the gaping loneliness and boredom beneath uniformity. With an expert hand, the novel's characters are woven together to create a heart-wrenching and powerful portrait of a family's struggle with time and relationships. Mrs. Bridge is an American classic that will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
Publish Date
1981-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
1981-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1959
Goodreads Rating
4.06
ISBN
9781582435688
Categories
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
I have joined the small but growing ranks of fanatical proselytizers for this slim masterpiece of a novel about a Kansas City housewife. It's one of the funniest, subtlest, most perfectly paced, and most existentially terrifying things I've ever read. – source