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  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
  • Edition: BC Paperback
  • Publication: 24 February 2023
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9780486850351
  • Stock: 8 in stock
  • Size: 127x203 mm
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: £3.99
  • Series: Dover Thrift Editions
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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by Thornton Wilder

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Book Description
In eighteenth-century Peru, a historic bridge connecting the cities of Cuzco and Lima collapses, plunging five people to their deaths. A Franciscan monk, Brother Juniper, witnesses the tragedy and embarks on a spiritual quest to reconcile free will versus fate and the existence of God in the victims' lives: "Why did this happen to those five people?" This thought-provoking, Pulitzer Prize-winning second novel by American writer Thornton Wilder was called "a masterpiece" by The New York Times when it was published in 1927. Critically acclaimed, it remains a compelling literary classic exploring destiny, love, religion, and the meaning of life.
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