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A review by scribepub
The Bridge by Enza Gandolfo
One of the most profoundly moving and beautiful books I have read all year, brimming with love, honesty, and insight. A true gem of a novel.
Alice Pung
This exquisite, moving story from Gandolfo captures the raw, wide-reaching pain of the tragedy, long regarded as Australia’s worst industrial accident.
The Herald Sun
Superb … Utterly heartbreaking.’
ANZ LitLovers
A poignant novel which examines class, grief, guilt and moral culpability, The Bridge weaves together two vastly different yet interrelated narratives.
Il Globo
[Enza Gandolfo] doesn't shy away from the unpleasant emotions of her characters, and paints a startlingly real and believable picture of lives impacted by these kinds of tragedies.
Good Reading
[A] dramatic and dynamic novel … This is a novel about everyday tragedy written in everyday language. Clarity prevails over lyricism. Dialogue is colloquial and lively. Carefully articulated sentences give way, in moments of anger, to more truncated phrasing and, in the closing chapters, to snappier prose that creates a sense of urgency … Her skill as a storyteller and her ability to create complex and empathetic characters gives weight to her fiction and invites the reader to question her own integrity and sense of self-worth, not without compassion.
Australian Book Review
Gandolfo writes that “things that were solid crumbled” and she documents with painstaking intricacy the grieving and guilt of survivors. It is a masterful portrayal of families torn apart, searching for redemption in an unforgiving world.
Sunday Territorian
Enza Gandolfo’s The Bridge, set among working-class lives, considers the collapse of the Westgate Bridge alongside a contemporary tragedy. It’s a moving, unsentimental novel about ethical complexities.
Michelle de Kretser, ABR’s ‘Books of the Year 2018’
Gandolfo’s The Bridge is an exquisite historical novel largely set in the working class communities of Melbourne’s west, against the collapse of the Westgate Bridge – Australia’s worst industrial accident. My year, and my life, are richer for having read these books.
Maxine Beneba Clarke, SMH’s ‘Reads of the Year’
The Bridge is a stunning novel. Grave, yes, but exquisitely written, an intricate study on trauma and grief tightly meshed with guilt ... It has all the markers of an Australian classic.
Theresa Smith, Theresa Smith Writes
Alice Pung
This exquisite, moving story from Gandolfo captures the raw, wide-reaching pain of the tragedy, long regarded as Australia’s worst industrial accident.
The Herald Sun
Superb … Utterly heartbreaking.’
ANZ LitLovers
A poignant novel which examines class, grief, guilt and moral culpability, The Bridge weaves together two vastly different yet interrelated narratives.
Il Globo
[Enza Gandolfo] doesn't shy away from the unpleasant emotions of her characters, and paints a startlingly real and believable picture of lives impacted by these kinds of tragedies.
Good Reading
[A] dramatic and dynamic novel … This is a novel about everyday tragedy written in everyday language. Clarity prevails over lyricism. Dialogue is colloquial and lively. Carefully articulated sentences give way, in moments of anger, to more truncated phrasing and, in the closing chapters, to snappier prose that creates a sense of urgency … Her skill as a storyteller and her ability to create complex and empathetic characters gives weight to her fiction and invites the reader to question her own integrity and sense of self-worth, not without compassion.
Australian Book Review
Gandolfo writes that “things that were solid crumbled” and she documents with painstaking intricacy the grieving and guilt of survivors. It is a masterful portrayal of families torn apart, searching for redemption in an unforgiving world.
Sunday Territorian
Enza Gandolfo’s The Bridge, set among working-class lives, considers the collapse of the Westgate Bridge alongside a contemporary tragedy. It’s a moving, unsentimental novel about ethical complexities.
Michelle de Kretser, ABR’s ‘Books of the Year 2018’
Gandolfo’s The Bridge is an exquisite historical novel largely set in the working class communities of Melbourne’s west, against the collapse of the Westgate Bridge – Australia’s worst industrial accident. My year, and my life, are richer for having read these books.
Maxine Beneba Clarke, SMH’s ‘Reads of the Year’
The Bridge is a stunning novel. Grave, yes, but exquisitely written, an intricate study on trauma and grief tightly meshed with guilt ... It has all the markers of an Australian classic.
Theresa Smith, Theresa Smith Writes