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Birth of a Bridge
Naissance d'un pont
Maylis de Kerangal (born 1967)
Translated by Jessica Moore
English editions
In EnglishBirth of a Bridge
Talonbooks · Canada · October 2014 · Paperback · 249 pages
Birth of a Bridge
Quercus · United Kingdom · 2017 · 288 pages
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A suspension bridge goes up in an imagined Californian city, seen through some twelve people on the vast site: an expansive, American-style novel of visions, machines, ambitions, classes and physical work.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 316 pages in the original
- Genres
- Nature (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- United States
- First published
- 2010 by Verticales
- Author's age
- 43 when first published
- ISBN
9782070130504 (original)
9780889228894 (Talonbooks, Canada)
9780857053817 (Quercus, United Kingdom)
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