Bridge of Sighs: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Richard Russo
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Author: Richard RussoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-12
ISBN: 1400030900
Number of pages: 641
Publisher: Vintage
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- ISBN13: 9781400030903
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Book Reviews of Bridge of Sighs: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Book Review: Well worth the time it took to read
Summary: 5 Stars
This is by far the best novel that I've read by Richard Russo. I love his characters, I love the way they relate (or fail to relate) to each other. There are so many interesting points to ponder: Is it better to love or to be loved? What exactly is "learning"? Are we truly creatures with the ability to make choices, or is choice an illusion? What is the artist's role? The story of (mainly) two families is absorbing, if perhaps a bit fragmented. If it weren't so long, I'd read Bridge of Sighs again. I may do so anyway.
Summary of Bridge of Sighs: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Louis Charles Lynch (also known as Lucy) is sixty years old and has lived in Thomaston, New York, his entire life. He and Sarah, his wife of forty years, are about to embark on a vacation to Italy. Lucy's oldest friend, once a rival for his wife's affection, leads a life in Venice far removed from Thomaston. Perhaps for this reason Lucy is writing the story of his town, his family, and his own life that makes up this rich and mesmerizing novel, interspersed with that of the native son who left so long ago and has never looked back.Bridge of Sighs, from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls, is a moving novel about small-town America that expands Russo's widely heralded achievement in ways both familiar and astonishing.
Amazon Significant Seven, November 2007: Richard Russo's first book since the Pulitzer Prize-winning Empire Falls, Bridge of Sighs is a typically stunning portrait of three small town families struggling--like the town itself--to strike a balance between obsessively embracing their own history or shunning it entirely, with devastating consequences along both paths. Bridge of Sighs is pure Russo: funny, heartbreaking, and ringing completely true. --Jon Foro
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