{"product_id":"the-bridge-9781668264041","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668264041","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67701259894829,"sku":"9781668264041","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_cc94233d-c109-4744-a59b-64279a5bc8df.jpg?v=1792431746","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-bridge-9781668264041","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}