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The Bridge of San Luis Rey: SeaWolf Press Illustrated Classic Paperback – January 1, 2023
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and was the best-selling work of fiction that year. It has also been made into several movies. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who witnesses the accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.
- Print length118 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2023
- Dimensions6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
- ISBN-13979-8886000917
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- ASIN : B0BRH4KFW8
- Publisher : SeaWolf Press
- Publication date : January 1, 2023
- Language : English
- Print length : 118 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8886000917
- Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #102,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Thornton Wilder (18971975) is an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. His Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, as did two of his four full-length dramas, Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). Wilder's Matchmaker was adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly! He also enjoyed enormous success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among them teaching, acting, opera, and film. His screenplay for Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) remains a classic psychological thriller to this day. Wilder's many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2026Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThe print on this copy is easy to read. Price is very reasonable as well. Perfect for traveling!
- Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2024I found it well written and thoughtful. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Read it again recently; first read it in college.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025This was such a good read. The bridge of San Luis Rey collapses and kills 5 people. A monk goes to the areas these people were from and learns about their lives. Very interesting!
- Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2025Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseOur book club read this. Interesting thesis and character development. A good read
- Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2024For me this was a difficult read. I didn't really see the purpose of going into the details of these 5 lives to have them die. Also, the language was too flowery for me. However, it won a Nobel Prize, so go figure!
- Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2023Very small font and you cannot increase, except to make the whole page larger, and then it doesn't fit on the page. Amazon should not sell this version. Not worth $1.99.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2025Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis book was recommended to me by a friend, but I , personally, didn’t care for it too much. Books are hard to review since everyone’s taste is different. It was okay.































