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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder
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- first
- Condition
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Albert & Charles Boni : New York, 1928. First Edition, 14th Printing. This book is a first edition, 14th printing with dust jacket. Pulitzer winner. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.25" with 235 numbered pages.
This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor sunning on head and tail on of spine. Minor staining to spine. Minor staining to all edges of textblock. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Dust jacket is in good condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine. Minor chipping around all edges of jacket. Heavy sunning to spine. Original 2.50 price on front flap.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 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.
Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Inventory #(N5-135).
This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor sunning on head and tail on of spine. Minor staining to spine. Minor staining to all edges of textblock. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Dust jacket is in good condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine. Minor chipping around all edges of jacket. Heavy sunning to spine. Original 2.50 price on front flap.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 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.
Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Inventory #(N5-135).
Synopsis
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who has witnessed the tragic 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.
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Reviews
On Oct 5 2010, Sergerca said:
We all have a worldview (don't we?) that influences just about everything we encounter. Literature is no exception. Perhaps that is why I thought the main point of Thornton Wilder's outstanding The Bridge of San Luis Rey was so obvious.In many of the reviews I've read, many have stated that Wilder leaves the main conclusion up to the reader. I must disagree. The final line, so quoted by many of the reviewers, makes it all very clear to me. "All those impulses of love return to the love that made them." Perhaps, had Wilder capitalized the second "love" more would have drawn the same conclusion as I. That love is, of course, the love of the Father. This short book is rooted in Christian realism -- summed up in that final page. Life and God's ways as they pertain to life, are a mystery to the believer. Seemingly saintly people die far too early in inexplicable circumstances-- a bridge that has lasted for centuries one day breaks under the weight of an old woman, a cripple, an old man, a young girl, and a young man. But the "why" is not for us to know. We all must live in the comfort that it is His will that reigns, not ours, and that the love which sustained us in this life will see us to the next. Perhaps Brother Juniper found his answer. I know I recognized mine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4376
- Title
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Author
- Thornton Wilder
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 14th Printing
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni : New York
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
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