The Bridge Between Worlds

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Gavin Francis has written an exquisite book on a human structure we usually take for granted. This is a fascinating and delightful read -- ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH Informative, imaginative and hugely enjoyable. Who knew? A bridge can take you anywhere! -- SARA WHEELER It's rare and interesting to see bridges explored both as metaphors and as structures. The Bridge Between Worlds is a valuable reminder that the physical environment we build has immense social and cultural consequences -- SARAH MOSS Francis writes with energy, flair and empathy: The Bridge Between Worlds opens a marvellously rich seam of inquiry, striking many urgent and timely reverberations -- MARINA WARNER Francis is a thoughtful and engaging writer . . . there is a lightness of touch to Francis's prose that is a delight to read -- DOUG JOHNSTONE * * Big Issue * * The Bridge Between Worlds is a delight - a memoir of restlessness. Across five decades, Gavin Francis takes us to lands known and unknown, making us wonder on the very links that bind us as beings -- JAMES CANTON [A] meditative travelogue . . . there is elegance in Francis's book -- ERICA WAGNER * * Financial Times * * Wonderful in the truest sense of the word. Thought-provoking and beautifully written. I'm full of admiration for his ability to seamlessly blend travelogue and memoir with a compassionate analysis of human endeavour and behaviour -- MARISA HAETZMAN Praise for Gavin Francis: Gavin Francis is a wonderful writer - thoughtful, engaging, immensely knowledgeable and supremely human -- BILL BRYSON Thought-provoking and elegant -- HILARY MANTEL