The story of a bridge and the lives it touches

The Bridge

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By Gay Talese

Walker, 161 pages, $14 paper

“A great bridge is a poetic construction of enduring beauty and utility,” Gay Talese writes in the preface to this new edition of his book first published almost 40 years ago. The text and beautiful black-and-white images chronicle the building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge that connects the New York boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island. Exquisitely written, the book takes in the perspectives of those touched by the project, from high-steel workers to displaced homeowners.