Reviews round-up
The Bridge
by Colm Tóibín
3 of 3 critics positive
4 reviews: 3 positives; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“complex dance between the beauty and brutality of life in 1950s Spain”
Colm Tóibín’s The Bridge is a complex dance between the beauty and brutality of life in 1950s Spain
Positive
Read the review ↗“beautiful and melancholic sequel”
The Bridge by Colm Toibin
Positive
Read the review ↗“Deep sorrow mingles with illicit desire in this potent novella”
The Bridge by Colm Tóibín review – betrayal and survival in the High Pyrenees
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“A painful chronicle of relationships in collapse”
The Bridge by Colm Tóibín: A painful chronicle of relationships in collapse
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