{"product_id":"the-bridge","title":"The Bridge","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe stunning new short novel from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLong Island\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“An ageless study of loss, betrayal and survival.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“A small, beautiful book about betrayal, the cost of isolation and the persistence of human decency.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“With just a few economic brushstrokes he tells the kind of profound tale of family connection and dislocation that other writers would struggle to tell in 500 pages.” — \u003cem\u003eThe i\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMiquel and his father are living an uneasy life together in his mother’s house in the Pyrenees, the house she had been returning to on the day she died.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA new bridge connecting the two valleys is almost complete. It will end the valley’s isolation and create an easier route to smuggle contraband deep into the mountains. Where Miquel’s father imagines opportunity, Miquel foresees disaster and an exposure to a modern way of living for which his father is desperately unprepared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eColm Tóibín’s exhilarating short novel contains vast inner and outer worlds within its pages. With meticulous precision and an unerring eye, Tóibín captures lives caught between the past and the present, and the journey of a young man seeking connection, haunted by loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Colm Tóibín\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“A writer at the height of his considerable powers.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“A giant amongst storytellers.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“One of our finest contemporary writers.” — \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55453463216465,"sku":"9781037418525","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1089\/4478\/5745\/files\/9781037418525.jpg?v=1792851937","url":"https:\/\/www.proudlybookish.com\/products\/the-bridge","provider":"Proudly Bookish","version":"1.0","type":"link"}