The Bridge of Beyond

Finally, after twelve months of Phinney by Post, an NYRB Classic (the series that helped inspire our program in the first place)! Schwarz-Bart's 1972 novel, the first she published solely under her name, carries its hard-won wisdom with grace and freshness and finds, in four generations of Guadeloupean women, the unassuming heroism of rising to joy when it comes and retreating to one's own devices when it doesn't. It was a new discovery for me, and a revelation. —Tom Old Book of the Week