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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Author: Thornton Wilder
"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence, Thornton Wilder begins "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," A monk who happens to witness the tragedy seeks to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths...  more »
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ISBN: 26116
Pages: 117
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3.9 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Washngton Square Press (1966)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Wasn't sure I would like this book when I first started reading it but Wilder has a way of making the characters so meaningful and realistic you feel like you live next to them. No wonder he won a Pulitzer prize in literature for this one. Every reader should read The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
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excellent book especially if you are planning on a trip to peru as i was. interesting concept of 'chance/luck/whatifs'
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It took me a long time to read a short book. It was very slow moving and did not really keep my inteest. I would not recommend reading it unless you have to.
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A 1959 edition of the classic. Thornton Wilder did a lot of research about the 18th century collapse of a bridge in Lima, Peru and the people involved and then wrote this finely conceived, unique novel.
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Published 1960. From the noted American author Thornton Wilder. Based on 18th century Peruvian history. Wilder takes the histories of the people who perished in this bridge disaster and weaves them into an engrossing tale.
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