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The Bridge Of San Luis Rey Overview Commentary Five travelers are killed when a bridge collapses in Peru. A young priest investigates their lives and tells their stories, discovering that each victim suffered from an all-encompassing love that could not, for various reasons, find satisfaction. This was Thornton Wilder's most celebrated novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1927.
Publisher's NotesThis beautiful new edition features unpublished notes for the novel and other illuminating documentary mate- rial, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder. "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714,the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipi-tated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world. By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper then embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His search leads to his own death -- and to the author's timeless investigation into the nature of love and the meaning of the human condition. Full Details
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| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780060088873 |
| List Price | $12.99 |
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| Publication Date | 04/01/2003 |
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| Release Status | In Print |
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| Measurements | Weight: 0.3 Pounds |
| Height: 8 Inches |
| Length: 5.25 Inches |
| Thickness: 0.5 Inches |
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