The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels) - Softcover

Wilder, Thornton

 
9780486850351: The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
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ISBN 10: 0486850358 ISBN 13: 9780486850351
Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2023

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In eighteenth-century Peru, a historic bridge connecting the cities of Cuzco and Lima collapses, plunging five people to their deaths. A Franciscan monk, Brother Juniper, witnesses the tragedy and embarks on a spiritual quest to reconcile free will versus fate and the existence of God in the victims’ lives: “Why did this happen to those five?” This thought-provoking, Pulitzer Prize–winning second novel by American writer Thornton Wilder was called “a masterpiece” by The New York Times when it was published in 1927. Critically acclaimed, it remains a compelling literary classic exploring destiny, love, religion, and the meaning of life.

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In eighteenth-century Peru, a historic bridge collapses, plunging five people to their deaths. A Franciscan monk witnesses the disaster and embarks on a spiritual quest to reconcile free will versus fate and the existence of God in the victims’ lives: “Why did this happen to those five?”

This thought-provoking, Pulitzer Prize–winning second novel by American writer Thornton Wilder was called “a masterpiece” by The New York Times when it was published in 1927. McCall’s praised it as “the philosophical novel brought to perfection.” New generations have applied its messages to tragic events, including the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, and the September 11 terrorist attacks. The Bridge of San Luis Rey remains a compelling literary classic exploring destiny, love, religion, and the meaning of life.
 

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Verlag
Dover Publications Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0486850358
ISBN 13 
9780486850351
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