Description
After a mysterious accident, a nameless man awakens on an immense bridge-city stretching endlessly across the sea, where bewildering bureaucracy and strange social systems obscure the truth of his identity. As he struggles to recover his memories, the novel shifts between his surreal existence, the life of the man he may have been, and the mythic adventures of a barbarian figure. These interwoven narratives form an unconventional love story shaped by desire, estrangement, memory, and the persistence of human connection. Blending psychological fiction, political unease, Kafkaesque absurdity, and imaginative world-building, the book explores the uncertain boundary between dream and reality.
Available Editions
hardcover
Codex
Published Jan 1, 1999
ISBN: 9781899598571
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Details
First Published
1986
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Bridge by Iain Banks.