The Bridge Of San Luis Rey
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: No slipcase.
A landmark work of American literary fiction, The Bridge of San Luis Rey chronicles the collapse of an ancient rope bridge in eighteenth-century Peru and the lives of the five people who perish in the fall. Through the meticulous investigation of Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar who witnesses the tragedy, Thornton Wilder constructs a profound meditation on fate, love, and divine intention, asking whether the deaths were an act of God or mere accident. With elegant, spare prose and a deeply philosophical tone, the novel weaves together the intimate biographies of each victim — from a faded noblewoman to a pair of twins — illustrating how love, in all its forms, shapes and ultimately defines a human life. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, this timeless classic argues that the bonds we form with others are the only meaning we can find in an indifferent universe, leaving readers with a quietly devastating sense of beauty and loss.
Author: Thornton Wilder
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Folio Society
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: No slipcase.
A landmark work of American literary fiction, The Bridge of San Luis Rey chronicles the collapse of an ancient rope bridge in eighteenth-century Peru and the lives of the five people who perish in the fall. Through the meticulous investigation of Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar who witnesses the tragedy, Thornton Wilder constructs a profound meditation on fate, love, and divine intention, asking whether the deaths were an act of God or mere accident. With elegant, spare prose and a deeply philosophical tone, the novel weaves together the intimate biographies of each victim — from a faded noblewoman to a pair of twins — illustrating how love, in all its forms, shapes and ultimately defines a human life. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, this timeless classic argues that the bonds we form with others are the only meaning we can find in an indifferent universe, leaving readers with a quietly devastating sense of beauty and loss.