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: 656
Publisher: Vintage
Book Reviews of Bridge of Sighs: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Book Review: Groans, not sighs!
Summary: 3 Stars
I did enjoy this book and liked the cast of characters. However, I found myself resenting Lucy Lynch. The way he keeps himself confined to the town and NEVER leaving; the way he kept Sarah from bigger and better things. Also, I didn't care much for Big Lou either. He too, seemed very weak and the way he pathetically chases Mr. Marconi around hoping to forge a friendship. Furthermore, am I supposed to even LIKE this Bobby Marconi/Noonan? All in all, I liked the story but just didn't like the characters. They don't seem to have any self-respect. It's too bad Lucy couldn't get up any gumption to so much as travel until he's over 60 years old. Personally, if I met these people in real life I wouldn't care for any of them.
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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