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Bridge of Sighs: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781400030903
ISBN: 1400030900
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: August 12, 2008
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Sales Rank: 877
Studio: Vintage

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
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.com Review:
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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Rating: - Haunting
As a Richard Russo fan (I've read everything he's written), I was dumbfounded by this book at times. ... Read More

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Rating: - I loved this book
This is the best book I have read in a long time. I think I liked it better than "Empire Falls." It ... Read More

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Rating: - boring
very slow, I stopped several times and forced myself to come back to it. Largely unbelievable. A terrible ... Read More

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Rating: - With a wry smile
The main narrative is an autobiography of Louis C Lynch, who is known as Lucy and is such a nice guy that he ... Read More

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Rating: - Great selection for a book discussion group
This is another Russo novel featuring well-rounded characters is realistic situations. There is hope, despair, ... Read More

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