An edition of The Bridge (1986)

The bridge

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An edition of The Bridge (1986)

The bridge

  • 3.00 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 11 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

Orr, the otherwise unnamed protagonist of this Pynchonesque novel, is a successful Scottish engineer who's a bit fed up with life: his work doesn't really interest him anymore; years of doping and boozing have dulled him; his girlfriend has other lovers (he does too, but he would rather she was monogamous). Then one evening he crashes his classic Jaguar into a parked MG. The aftermath is coma and months of amnesiac trance, a condition that Orr apparently comes to prefer. The reader, however, only understands all this towards the end of the novel. Virtually the whole of the narrative consists of Orr's trauma-induced hallucinations. The bridge of the title is a fantastically ramifying construct in Orr's brain resembling an outer-space city in a science fiction movie. Banks's ( The Player of Games ) novel is satire, and its target turns out to be the British Isles' equivalent of American "yuppies." Deploying a wide range of stylistic devices, the narrative condemns fiercely an overly mechanistic society and its self-referential ethos.

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Publisher
HarperPrism
Language
English
Pages
235

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Cover of: The bridge
The bridge
1997, HarperPrism
in English
Cover of: The Bridge
The Bridge
May 1, 1992, Abacus
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: The Bridge.
The Bridge.
1989, Futura, Futura Pubns.
in English
Cover of: The bridge
The bridge
1987, Pan in association with Macmillan
in English
Cover of: The bridge
The bridge
1986, Macmillan
in English

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New York

Edition Notes

Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6052.A485 B75 1997, PR6052.A485B75 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
235 p. ;
Number of pages
235

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1012714M
ISBN 10
0061053589
LCCN
96053369
Library Thing
7193
Wikidata
Q98602052
Goodreads
567655

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