{"product_id":"9780307739667","title":"Alexander's Bridge","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander’s Bridge, \u003c\/i\u003eWilla Cather’s first novel,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a taut psychological drama about the fragility of human connections.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in 1912, just a year before \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers! \u003c\/i\u003emade Cather’s name, it features high society on an international stage rather than the immigrant prairie characters she later became known for. The successful and glamorous life of Bartley Alexander, a world-renowned engineer and bridge builder, begins to unravel when he encounters a former lover in London. As he shuttles among his wife in Boston, his old flame in London, and a massive bridge he is building in Canada, Alexander finds himself increasingly tormented. But the threatened collapse of his marriage presages a more fatal catastrophe, one he will risk his life to try to prevent.","brand":"Willa Cather","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47794256806100,"sku":"9780307739667","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cf101948-c9f8-44a0-8e8d-f386e1c64a38.jpg?v=1776184897","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780307739667","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}