The Bridge - Softcover

Banks, Iain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061001082 ISBN 13: 9780061001086

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1990

Synopsis

The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains to a bizarre rendezvous; an illiterate barbarian storms an enchanted tower under a stream of verbal abuse; and broken men walk forever over bridges without end, taunted by visions of a doomed sexuality.
Lying in bed unconscious after an accident wouldn't be much fun, you'd think. Oh yes? It depends who and what you've left behind.
Which is the stranger reality, day or night? Frequently hilarious and consistently disturbing, THE BRIDGE is a novel of outrageous contrasts, constructed chaos and elegant absurdities.

About this title

Review:

Represents significant progress in the flowering of an exceptional talent...a totally absorbing read (The TIMES)

Iain Banks of THE WASP FACTORY eclipses that sensational debut...a real dazzler (DAILY MAIL)

It's compulsive reading and highly recommended. (Sunday TODAY)

A stunning book, Bank s' powerful imagination is joined to a rare ability to be truly funny while exploring a nightmare world. (Sunday TIMES)

Book Description:

* Paperback reissue of a modern classic, Iain Banks' THE BRIDGE - 'the flowering of an exceptional talent' (THE TIMES).

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0061001082
• ISBN 13: 9780061001086
• Binding: Paperback