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Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather
4.0
Bartley Alexander is a force. He moves always. He doesn't sit quietly and reflect. His personality is felt by everyone he knows.
He is a civil engineer and he is building big awe inspiring bridges at a time when the really large suspension bridges are just being created.
He also has a wife. A very respectable and financially secure wife. His life is picture perfect. Until he decides he isn't happy.
Apparently mid-life crisis occurred 100 years ago too.
This is Willa Cather's first published book, although it is actually more of a novella. Unlike many of her other works, she set it in Boston, London, and Canada. Probably she could have made it stronger, but it is quite good. And quick to read.
One Cather book down. Twelve to go.
He is a civil engineer and he is building big awe inspiring bridges at a time when the really large suspension bridges are just being created.
He also has a wife. A very respectable and financially secure wife. His life is picture perfect. Until he decides he isn't happy.
Apparently mid-life crisis occurred 100 years ago too.
This is Willa Cather's first published book, although it is actually more of a novella. Unlike many of her other works, she set it in Boston, London, and Canada. Probably she could have made it stronger, but it is quite good. And quick to read.
One Cather book down. Twelve to go.