The Bridge

The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

David Remnick

The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama is a look at both the life of the American president and the history of race in America. The title will be published by Picador on 28th May this year.

The Bridge gives us Barack Obama's story in its richest, fullest context: personal, social and political. Remnick conducts hundreds of interviews for the book, talking to family, friends, teachers, professors, mentors, donors, and rivals of Barack Obama, as well as with the President himself. The Bridge also includes correspondence by Obama as well as letters written by his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, published for the first time.A well-researched biography that pulls many trends of Obama-ology under its umbrella.

First published:: April 2010
Published by:: Picador
Length:: Hardcover 704 pages

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About the author

David Remnick has been the editor of the New Yorker since 1998. He was a staff writer for the magazine from 1992 to 1998 and, previous to that, the Washington Post’s correspondent in the Soviet Union. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. He lives in New York City with his wife and children.