The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Perennial Classics)
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bookczuk
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on 7/14/2007
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
bookczuk of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on 7/14/2007 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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From the Publisher
"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, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world.
By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper seeks to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His study leads to his own death -- and to the author's timeless investigation into the nature of love and the meaning of the human condition.
"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, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world.
By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper seeks to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His study leads to his own death -- and to the author's timeless investigation into the nature of love and the meaning of the human condition.
Absolutely fascinating book about fate and being in the wrong (or right) place at the wrong or right time.
n later years, when someone asked Thornton Wilder about his purpose in writing THE BRIDGE, he replied that he was posing a question: "Is there a direction and meaning in lives beyond the individual's own will?"
Put aside for guyczuk to read at his request. (It's up in the cabin on the shelf.)
n later years, when someone asked Thornton Wilder about his purpose in writing THE BRIDGE, he replied that he was posing a question: "Is there a direction and meaning in lives beyond the individual's own will?"
Put aside for guyczuk to read at his request. (It's up in the cabin on the shelf.)
Journal Entry 3 by bookczuk at Little Free Library - 108 Riverdale in Charleston, South Carolina USA on Thursday, August 27, 2020
bookczuk at Little Free Library - 108 Riverdale in Charleston, South Carolina USA on Thursday, August 27, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (8/26/2020 UTC) at Little Free Library - 108 Riverdale in Charleston, South Carolina USA
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