Evan S. Connell Jr. Connell
Evan S. Connell Jr. wrote with lapidary care about suburban marriage and the American middle class. Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge are two of the finest portrait novels in American literature, standing apart in their cold, compassionate precision.
Works
- Mrs. BridgePortrait of a reserved Kansas housewife's quiet interior life and unspoken longings
- Mr. BridgeCounterpart to Mrs. Bridge exploring a husband's parallel inner world and secret doubts
- The Diary of a RapistPsychological thriller told through the confessional diary of a serial rapist's twisted mind
- The Patriot
- Son of the Morning StarEpic historical narrative of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and its key figures