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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Penguin Modern Classics (27 Jul 2000)
9780141184258
| Paperback
127 pages | 128 x 192 mm | English
Dewey 813

Subject

  • Fiction / General
  • Fiction / Historical
  • Fiction / Literary

Plot

An ancient bridge collapses over a gorge in Peru, hurling five people into the abyss. It seems a meaningless human tragedy. But one witness, a Franciscan monk, believes the deaths might not be as random as they appear.

Convinced that the disaster is a punishment sent from Heaven, the monk sets out to discover all he can about the travellers. The five strangers were connected in some way, he thinks. There must be a purpose behind their deaths.

But are their lost lives the result of sin?...Or of love?