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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

By Thornton Wilder

The Bridge of San Luis Rey Drama

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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"As close to perfect a moral fable as we are ever likely to get in American literature." —Russell Banks "There are books that haunt you down the years, books that seem to touch and stir something deep inside you. . . . Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey is of this kind." —The Independent (London) This beautiful edition of Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic includes a foreword by acclaimed author Russell Banks and an afterword by Thornton Wilder's nephew with illuminating documentary material about the novel and its rich literary history. "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." This immortal sentence opens The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American literature, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a novel still read throughout the world. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan monk, witnesses the tragic event. Deeply moved, he embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention, not chance, that led to the deaths of the five people crossing the bridge that day. Ultimately, his search leads to a timeless investigation into the nature of fate and love, and the meaning of the human condition.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2021-12-07
Publication Date:
2021-12-07
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0063114852
ISBN13:
9780063114852
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
136 g
Height:
135 cm
Width:
201 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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