The Bridges of Madison County
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller's first novel, tells of Francesca Johnson, an Italian-American war bride living on an Iowa farm in the 1960s, and Robert Kincaid, a National Geographic photographer who arrives to photograph the area's covered bridges. While her husband and children are away at the state fair, the two begin a brief, intense affair. Presented as an account of real events, the story is entirely fictional; it was adapted into a 1995 film and a 2013 musical.
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- Seth Godin: “To Kill a Mockingbird has more cultural relevance today than a bestseller like The Bridges of Madison County, even though both were bestsellers at their peak.”