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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder is a profound and poetic exploration of fate, love, and the human connection. When a centuries-old bridge in Peru collapses, sending five strangers to their deaths, a Franciscan monk sets out to uncover why their lives were taken... Read Full Overview

This Pulitzer Prize-winning, fable-like short novel--by the author of Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth--has been beloved around the world for nearly a century.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder is a profound exploration of fate, love, and the interconnectedness of human lives. Set in 18th-century Peru, the novel begins with the collapse of a bridge, sending five travelers to their deaths. A friar, who witnesses the tragedy,... Read Full Overview

The Bridge of San Luis Rey tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who witnesses the accident then goes about inquiring into the... Read Full Overview

First published in 1927 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" is the moving story of a tragic accident and its aftermath by American author Thornton Wilder. The novel tells the fictional story of the victims of a horrific collapse of an Incan... Read Full Overview

"There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning." Discover a Masterpiece of Timeless Intrigue Step back in time with Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey . First published... Read Full Overview

First published in 1927 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" is the moving story of a tragic accident and its aftermath by American author Thornton Wilder. The novel tells the fictional story of the victims of a horrific collapse of an Incan... Read Full Overview

"The essence of Mr. Wilder's book is really the feeling in it; it is a 'notation of the heart' with sympathy. Gaily or sadly, but always with understanding, a belief in the miracle of love runs through it all." --Times Literary Supplement (London)

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who witnesses the accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims,... Read Full Overview

The authorized, original edition of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic with a foreword by acclaimed author Russell Banks and an afterword by Wilder's nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating documentary material about the novel and its rich literary history.

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