{"product_id":"the-bridge","title":"The Bridge","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe stunning new short novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLong Island.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMiquel and his father are living an uneasy life together in his mother's family house in the Pyrenees. Miquel's mother left the year before, in a rage, and died alone in a snowstorm. Miquel's brother has too abandoned what's left of the family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the construction of a new bridge will soon end the valley's remoteness. No longer will these Pyrenees villages be so isolated; no longer will small time smugglers cart their contraband over the rope bridge on donkeys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere Miquel's father imagines opportunity, Miquel foresees disaster and an exposure to the outside world for which his father is desperately unprepared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gorgeous and gutting short novel about grief and desire, \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece. With meticulous precision and an unerring eye, Toibin captures lives caught between the past and the present, and the devastating journey of a young man seeking connection, haunted by loss.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54328049566062,"sku":"9781668264041","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_39bb279e-b161-49aa-8bc6-f6444b05cf4f.jpg?v=1784131266","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/the-bridge","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}