An American photographer in the war-torn Balkans struggles to
rebuild his shattered life after the kidnapping of his son
Photographer Stephen Brings is running from the past. He has fled a
troubled relationship in Chicago and the painful memories of a
kidnapped and still-missing son to travel in the Balkans during the
Croatian War of Independence. While other foreigners are there to
document the war, Stephen drifts through the ruined countryside
without purpose, beset by the indescribable pain of losing his son,
and, along with him, perhaps the very meaning of life. Holed up at
night in the home of a Croatian smuggler, during the day Stephen
wanders the bombed-out streets bringing oranges and water to a
woman he has taken it upon himself to protect. Even with the daily
horrors of war to erase his memories, Stephen is unable to resolve
the trauma and sorrow of losing his son, and soon the war-torn
landscape begins to mirror his own inner battles. After a return
trip to Chicago fails to heal the rift between Brings and the
mother of his child, Stephen returns to Sarajevo, and there he
undertakes a project to document in images the Croatian people -
not war images, but personal portraits of an embattled people.
Stephen finds himself falling in love with a German journalist, who
helps to heal his ailing body and to overcome his tragic loss. The
Goat Bridge is a probing novel and a moving tale of loss,
redemption, and the universal human search for meaning. In the end,
it is also a love story - a tale of surrendering to one's own and
another's heart.
General
| Imprint: |
The University of Michigan Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Sweetwater Fiction: Originals |
| Release date: |
August 2005 |
| First published: |
August 2005 |
| Authors: |
T.M McNally
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-472-11511-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-472-11511-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780472115112 |
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