Birth of a bridge
a novel
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Contributions
- Moore, Jessica, 1978- translator - Contributor
Publication
2014 - , British Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
62,250 words, Guess
Page Count
249 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100889228892
- ISBN-139780889228894
- Library of Congress Control Number2014486193
- OCLC Control Number870289226
- Better World Books9780889228894
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27168368M
Classifications
- DDC843/.92
- LCCPQ2671.E64 N3513 2014
- LCCPQ2671.E64N3513 2014
Description
From Maylis de Kerangal comes this story of a dozen men and women – engineers, designers, machinery operators, cable riggers – all employees of an international consortium charged with building a bridge somewhere in a mythical and fantastic California. Their collective effort to complete the megaproject recounts one of the oldest of human dramas, to domesticate – and to radically transform – our world through built form, with all the dramatic tension it brings: a threatened strike, an environmental dispute, sabotage, accidents, career moves, and love affairs … Here generations and social classes cease to exist, and everyone and everything converges toward the bridge as metaphor, a cross-cultural impression of America today.
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