Text to Go: Across the Bridge
"Across the Bridge" is a 1938 short story by Graham Greene. The story is told first-person by an unnamed narrator who reveals little about himself, other than that he is a wandering stranger stranded in a small Mexican border village. Dramatic irony and the theme of identity create tension in the story. Across the Bridge By Graham Green "They say he's worth a million," Lucia said. He sat there in the little hot damp...