{"product_id":"the-bridge","title":"The Bridge","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe stunning new short novel from the bestselling author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e Brooklyn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLong Island\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'An ageless study of loss, betrayal and survival' -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWith 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' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e- The i\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. A new bridge, connecting the two valleys, is almost complete, which 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR COLM TÓIBÍN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A writer at the height of his considerable powers' – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA giant amongst storytellers' – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of our finest contemporary writers' – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57597690544501,"sku":"978-1037418525","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/39f90516-3025-44ff-a723-5def9d62a4ec.jpg?v=1790079029","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.com\/products\/the-bridge","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}