{"product_id":"bridge-1","title":"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiquel and his father are living an uneasy life together in his mother's family house in the Pyrenees. Miquels mother left the year before, in a rage, and died alone in a snowstorm. Miquels brother has too abandoned whats left of the family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere Miquel's father imagines opportunity, Miquel foresees disaster and an exposure to the outside world for which his father is desperately unprepared.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507794813301,"sku":"9781668264041","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781668264041.jpg?v=1787042935","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/bridge-1","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}