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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Priviledge, patriarchy, propriety - these three P’s sum up Mr. Bridge’s life. He’s the archetypal bigoted upper class patriarch, with all his confusing stiff prudery and confusing contradictions. Gives you his side of his marriage to India(the legendarily repressed Mrs. Bridge) and explores the relationships with his children, coworkers and friends(or frenemies as may be the case). And stocks, always stocks.
It's been a long time since I felt so sad to finish a book. Mr Bridge and it's earlier companion, Mrs Bridge, are amongst the best books I've ever read. Quietly compelling, nuanced, and carefully observed. Few writers ever manage to observe everyday life with such perception.
I love the quiet stories of everyday disappointment, hope and going forward with life. If you have managed to miss this classic examination of the marriage and family life of the very bourgeois and middle American, mid-20th century Bridge family...give it a try if you like domestic fiction with a retro flavor.
Sure, the characters are imperfect. They demonstrate devotion without passion...they over emphasize the trivial and they totally misread one another...sometimes with tragic results. But isn't this sometimes part of life?
Sure, the characters are imperfect. They demonstrate devotion without passion...they over emphasize the trivial and they totally misread one another...sometimes with tragic results. But isn't this sometimes part of life?
The emptiness of contemporary
American life, especially for
the American man, is on every
page of this book. Mr. Bridge,
while less forthcoming than
Mrs. Bridge, nevertheless conveys
an apt portrait of the comfortable
yet hollow American. The book
is, at times, a painful one to
read.
American life, especially for
the American man, is on every
page of this book. Mr. Bridge,
while less forthcoming than
Mrs. Bridge, nevertheless conveys
an apt portrait of the comfortable
yet hollow American. The book
is, at times, a painful one to
read.