The bridge of San Luis Rey
(Book)
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Published
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2004.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xvii, 138 pages : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Brownell Library - Mid-Level | F WILDER | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2004.
Language
English
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Level 7.1, 5 Points
Level 7.1, 5 Points
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"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. The Bridge of San Luis Rey is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition featuring a new foreword by Russell Banks. Tappan Wilder has written an engaging and thought-provoking afterword, which includes unpublished notes for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, illuminating photographs, and other remarkable documentary material. Granville Hicks's insightful comment about Wilder suggests an inveterate truth: "As a craftsman he is second to none, and there are few who have looked deeper into the human heart."
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wilder, T. (2004). The bridge of San Luis Rey . HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. 2004. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. The Bridge of San Luis Rey HarperCollins Publishers, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey HarperCollins Publishers, 2004.
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