{"product_id":"the-bridge-by-colm-toibin","title":"The Bridge","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautiful and emotionally devastating short novel that is both a standalone\r\nmasterpiece and a sequel to A Long Winter, from the bestselling author of\r\nBrooklyn and Long Island.\r\n\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nThe bridge connecting the two valleys was almost built.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nMiquel and his father are living an uneasy life together in his mother's house in the\r\nPyrenees, the house she had been returning to on the day she died. A new bridge,\r\nconnecting the two valleys, is almost complete, which will end the valley's isolation\r\nand create an easier route to smuggle contraband deep into the mountains. Where\r\nMiquel's father imagines opportunity, Miquel foresees disaster and an exposure to\r\nthe outside world for which his father is desperately unprepared.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nColm Tóibín's exhilarating short novel contains vast inner and outer worlds within\r\nits pages. With meticulous precision and an unerring eye Toibin captures lives\r\ncaught between the past and the present, and the journey of a young man seeking\r\nconnection, haunted by loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colm Tóibín","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57116514091273,"sku":"9781037418525","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/6181\/4281\/files\/9781037418525.jpg?v=1780909945","url":"https:\/\/bookstation.ie\/products\/the-bridge-by-colm-toibin","provider":"Bookstation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}