Ratings
Rated: 4 times. Average rating 5
Description
The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future--until, at four o'clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Poland. Praise for The Bridge at Andau "Precise, vivid . . . immeasurably stirring."--The Atlantic Monthly "Dramatic, chilling, enraging."--San Francisco Chronicle "Superb."--Kirkus Reviews "Highly recommended reading."--Library Journal
Books by James A. Michener:
- Texas (1987)
- Recessional (1995)
- Chesapeake (1986)
- Return to Paradise (1984)
- The Source (1983)
- Caravans (1986)
- The Bridge at Andau (1985)
- Poland (2015)
- The Covenant (1987)
- The Eagle and the Raven (1991)
- Presidential Lottery (1969)
- This Noble Land (1997)
- Alaska (1988)
- Journey (1994)
