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The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains to a bizarre rendezvous; an illiterate barbarian storms an enchanted tower under a stream of verbal abuse; and broken men walk forever over bridges without end, taunted by visions of a doomed sexuality. Lying in bed unconscious after an accident wouldn't be much fun, you'd think. Oh yes? It depends who and what you've left behind. Which is the stranger reality, day or night? Frequently hilarious and consistently disturbing, THE BRIDGE is a novel of outrageous contrasts, constructed chaos and elegant absurdities.… (mehr)
Must have first read this 20 years ago; liked it less this time but still a good novel despite the "it's all a dream" conceit (not a spoiler as the edition I read this time spells it out in the blurb). The fantasy strand set in the surreal world of the neverending bridge are brilliantly done; the "real life" parts alternate between rushes of time-compressing exposition and somewhat ploddingly recounted pivotal life moments. The author stand-in character, as almost always, is somewhat annoying with his penchant for listing every performance car he buys and sells and all the records he drinks scotch and smokes weed to. But spotting the points of connection between the two worlds, and untangling the strange arc of the Barbarian and his Familiar, are a lot of fun. ( )
I have no idea how to rate this book. I read almost 3/4 and then read a plot summary online. While I wanted to know what happened, I really didn't want to be reading the book any more. It's not exactly bad, it's just not exactly my cuppa. I loved the bridge environment and the amnesiac but everything else was losing me as a reader. Also, the personalities all seemed to dislike women so it was getting irritating to read. I think I'll stick with his Culture books.
El hombre que se despierta en el mundo extraordinario del puente sufre amnesia, y su médico parece no querer curarlo. Pero ¿eso importa? Explorar el puente ocupa la mayor parte de sus días. Pero por la noche están sus sueños. Sueños en los que los hombres desesperados conducen carruajes sellados a través de montañas yermas rumbo a un extraño encuentro; un bárbaro analfabeto asalta una torre encantada mediante una tormenta verbal; y hombres destrozados caminan eternamente sobre puentes sin fin, atormentados por visiones de una sexualidad que los lleva a la perdición. Yacer en cama inconsciente después de sufrir un accidente no parece muy divertido a simple vista. ¿Y si lo es? Depende de quién seas y de lo que hayas dejado atrás.
I liked it for all the wrong reasons, like the barbarian and familiar segments. The trapped in coma struggling with yourself is a bit cliche but I like how obvious from the start it so we can just move past it and enjoy the show. ( )
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Trapped. Crushed. Weight coming from all directions, entangled in the wreckage (you have to become one with the machine).
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You don't belong to her and she doesn't belong to you, but you're both part of each other; if she got up and left now and walked away and you never saw each other again for the rest of your lives, and you lived an ordinary waking life for another fifty years, even so on your deathbed you would know she was part of you.
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The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains to a bizarre rendezvous; an illiterate barbarian storms an enchanted tower under a stream of verbal abuse; and broken men walk forever over bridges without end, taunted by visions of a doomed sexuality. Lying in bed unconscious after an accident wouldn't be much fun, you'd think. Oh yes? It depends who and what you've left behind. Which is the stranger reality, day or night? Frequently hilarious and consistently disturbing, THE BRIDGE is a novel of outrageous contrasts, constructed chaos and elegant absurdities.
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