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The bridge of San Luis Rey / by Thorton Wilder
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 then embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His search leads to his own death -- and to the author's timeless investigation into the nature of love and the meaning of the human condition.
Record details
- Physical Description: 117 pages, 36 readers supplement pages : 17 cm.
- Publisher: [New York] : Washington Square Press, 1963.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Perhaps an accident -- Marquesa de Montemayor -- Esteban -- Uncle Pio -- Perhaps an intention -- Reader's supplement for a greater understanding and appreciation of "The Bridge of San Luis Rey". |
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| Subject: | Bridges > Accidents > Peru > Fiction. Accident victims > Fiction. FICTION / Classics. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Family Life / General. Peru > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Montpelier Harrison Twp PL - Montpelier | 880 WIL (Text) | 76052000019569 | MHTPLM Adult Reference | Available | - |
| Noble Co PL - Central (Albion) | CLASSIC WIL (Text) | 38131000736099 | NCPLC-Classic Fiction | Available | - |
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