Book :: The bridge of San Luis Rey
| By: | Thornton Wilder |
| Pages: | 160 |
| Published: | 1927 |
| Genre(s): | Historical Fiction |
| American | |
| Religion | |
| Award(s): | Pulitzer Prize (1928) |
| Rating: | (5) |
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"The Bridge of San Luis Rey," Thornton Wilder's second novel, won him the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes. The novel opens in the aftermath of an inexplicable tragedy--a tiny footbridge in Peru breaks, and five travelers hurtle to their deaths. Most townspeople think to themselves with secret joy, "Within 10 minutes myself...." But for Brother Juniper, a humble Franciscan friar who witnesses...
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