The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Paperback
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Paperback
$20.66
by Thornton Wilder (Author)
Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning meditation on fate, love, and the hidden patterns of human connection.
First published in 1927, The Bridge of San Luis Rey begins with a catastrophe: the collapse of a bridge in eighteenth-century Peru, killing five travelers. A Franciscan friar, seeking to understand whether the tragedy reveals divine purpose or random chance, investigates the lives of the victims. Through their intertwined stories, Wilder constructs a quiet and luminous inquiry into the meaning of suffering, the bonds of affection, and the endurance of love beyond death.
Spare in structure yet profound in implication, the novel moves beyond theological debate into human portraiture. Wilder's restrained prose and classical balance lend the narrative a timeless quality, positioning the work between parable and psychological realism. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1928, The Bridge of San Luis Rey remains one of the defining American novels of the interwar period.
Number of Pages: 70
Dimensions: 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: February 27, 2023
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Bridge of San Luis Rey
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 7.1
Point Value: 5
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