Bridge of Clay

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Not only is Markus Zusak an artist with his words, he is also highly skilled when it comes to delivering emotional pay-off. En esta novela conocemos la historia de 'Clay Dunbar', el silencioso, el chico con demasiado corazón. Clay builds the bridge and it’s made of him, but so much of him is made of his mother’s and father’s stories. While the chapters that detail Penelope’s drawn-out death from cancer are desperately emotive, it is the myriad ways in which the Dunbar boys have been clearly impacted by the loss that are the most emotionally evocative.

One of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time into another family’s experience in the most profound way. Unfortunately though, I wanted more from the plot and I felt like things just kept getting unnecessarily dragged out. Meanwhile, several years and decades prior, a young Penny sits at the piano with her father Waldek, who hits her hands with a twig every time she gets a note wrong.Yet, the healing capacity of stories and the understanding that they bring offers a hope that tempers the novel’s hardest moments.

The UK and Australian edition involved the same editing within copyediting; however, early on had three unique structural edits. In the following “Behind the Pages” author interview, Zusak talks about his creative process, the initial ideas that preceded the writing of BRIDGE OF CLAY, the significance of bridge building as a central theme, and what the author hopes will be the key reader takeaway.The story jumps around in time, with flashbacks within memories, making it occasionally hard to follow. Thanks to NetGalley and Random House UK for the preview copy, and special thanks to Markus Zusak for bringing the Dunbar boys to life.