The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison CountyThis article is about the book. For the film, see The Other reviewers criticized the novel as sentimental slush:Bridges of Madison County (film). For the musical, featuring “contrived, unrealistic dialog”, and a “trite”see The Bridges of Madison County (musical). For the storyline.[6]bridges, see List of Madison County Covered Bridges. The book debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in August 1992, and slowly climbed to number 1,[7] andThe Bridges of Madison County is a 1992 best-selling remained on the list for over three years (164 consecutivenovel by Robert James Waller that tells the story of a mar- weeks), through October 8, 1995.[8]ried but lonely Italian woman living in 1960s MadisonCounty, Iowa. She engages in an affair with a National 3 Film adaptationGeographic photographer from Bellingham, Washington,who is visiting Madison County to create a photographic The Bridges of Madison County was made into a 1995 filmessay on the covered bridges in the area. The novel is of the same name, adapted by Richard LaGravenese andpresented as a novelization of a true story, but it is in fact directed by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood and Merylentirely fictional. However, the author has stated in an in- Streep.terview that there are strong similarities between the maincharacter and himself.[1]The novel is one of the bestselling books of the 20th cen- 4 Musical adaptationtury, with 50 million copies sold worldwide. It has alsobeen adapted into a feature film in 1995 and a musical in2013.1 Publication history Main article: The Bridges of Madison County (musical)It was originally published in the UK under the title Love The Bridges of Madison County[9] was adapted into a Tonyin Black and White.[2][3] Award-winning[10][11] musical with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and the book by Marsha Norman.A sequel entitled A Thousand Country Roads was pub- The musical premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Fes-lished in 2002. It tells the remainder of the two main tival on August 1, 2013. Directed by Bartlett Sher, thecharacters’ story after their four-day affair. They never cast featured Elena Shaddow as Francesca and Stevenmeet again, but their lives are interlocked until death. Pasquale.[12] The musical began previews on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 17, 2014In 2005, the trilogy was completed with High Plains and officially opened on February 20, 2014 with KelliTango, which came about when Waller was writing A O'Hara as Francesca and Steven Pasquale as Robert Kin-Thousand Country Roads and he realized he had two nov- caid. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the sets are by Michaelels’ worth of material. \"High Plains Tango picks up the Yeargan, costumes by Catherine Zuber, and lighting bystory of itinerant master carpenter Carlisle McMillan, Donald Holder.[13][14][15] Hunter Foster played the roleRobert Kincaid’s illegitimate son, who settles in Salaman- of Bud Johnson, the husband of Francesca.[16]der, S.D. There his life becomes intertwined with twovery different women and almost overrun by the threats 5 Referencesof eminent domain.”[4]2 Reception [1] Transcript of interview with Robert James Waller at http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides3/thousand_The San Francisco Chronicle praised the novel as “lyri- country_roads2.asp#bio, retrieved 4 Feb, 2008cal..sensuous and sensitive..a tale of lasting love”, whileEntertainment Weekly called it “a short, poignant story, [2] Love in Black and White, hardcover, Sinclair-Stevenson,moving precisely because it has the ragged edges of 1992.reality”.[5] [3] Love in Black and White, paperback, Mandarin, 1993. 1

2 6 EXTERNAL LINKS [4] Reid, Dixie. “Waller’s 'Bridges’ trilogy ends with a 'Tango'\". azcentral.com. The Arizona Republic. Re- trieved 20 August 2014. [5] Klepp, L.S. “BOOK REVIEW: The Bridges of Madison County” June 12, 1992. [6] http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag= bridges-of-madison-county-book [7] Lyall, Sarah (28 July 1993). “Book Notes: A Big Year for 'Bridges’\", The New York Times [8] (8 October 1995). “Best Seller List”, The New York Times [9] Official site bridgesofmadisoncountymusical[10] Staff. “Just the Winners, Please: Who Won the 68th An- nual Tony Awards” playbill.com, June 8, 2014[11] “The Tony Award Nominees - Shows - TonyAwards.com - The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® - Official Website by IBM”. TonyAwards.com. 2014-02-18. Re- trieved 2014-07-04.[12] Hetrick, Adam. \" 'The Bridges of Madison County', Star- ring Steven Pasquale and Elena Shaddow, Premieres at Williamstown” playbill.com, August 1, 2013[13] Hetrick, Adam. \" 'The Bridges of Madison County', Star- ring Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale, Arrives on Broad- way Jan. 17” playbill.com, January 17, 2014[14] Gioia, Michael and Hetrick, Adam. \"'The Bridges of Madison County' Will Open on Broadway One Week Ear- lier Than Expected” playbill.com, November 26, 2013[15] Staff.“The Verdict: Critics Review 'The Bridges of Madi- son County'\" playbill.com, February 21, 2014[16] Hetrick, Adam. “Hunter Foster Completes Love Triangle of Broadway Musical The Bridges of Madison County'\" playbill.com, December 3, 20136 External links • Study of reader response to the novel • 20th-Century American Bestsellers entry • Analysis of The Bridges of Madison County on Lit React

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