CONNELL JR., Evan S.
Mrs. Bridge.
New York: The Viking Press , 1959.
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“Her first name was India-she was never able to get used to it”: First Edition of Evan S. Connell, Jr.'s Mrs. Bridge; Inscribed by Him
First edition of the author's classic first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Nell, Evan Connell." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Susanne Suba.
The skilled satire and dark implications of Mrs. Bridge earned Connell praise as "a writer of fine style and amazing variety" (Esquire). Its appreciation contributed to Connell's later nomination for the Man Booker International Prize and in 2010 his acceptance of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Along with its companion novel, Mr. Bridge (1969), Mrs. Bridge inspired the 1990 Merchant/Ivory film Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and it won Best Screenplay and Best Actress at the 1990 New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
Mrs. Bridge.
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