{"product_id":"alexanders-bridge-paperback","title":"Alexander's Bridge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander's Bridge, \u003c\/i\u003eWilla Cather's first novel, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a taut psychological drama about the fragility of human connections.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in 1912, just a year before \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers! \u003c\/i\u003emade Cather's name, it features high society on an international stage rather than the immigrant prairie characters she later became known for. The successful and glamorous life of Bartley Alexander, a world-renowned engineer and bridge builder, begins to unravel when he encounters a former lover in London. As he shuttles among his wife in Boston, his old flame in London, and a massive bridge he is building in Canada, Alexander finds himself increasingly tormented. But the threatened collapse of his marriage presages a more fatal catastrophe, one he will risk his life to try to prevent.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101531967711,"sku":"9780307739667","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ShK58pRqiP9780307739667.webp?v=1781071671","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/alexanders-bridge-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}