The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description When Limas most famous bridge suddenly and mysteriously collapses, plunging five people to their certain deaths, one man discovers his mission. He was the only apparent eyewitness and nothing will stop him from unearthing the truth. Publisher Description The authorized, original edition of Thornton Wilders Pulitzer Prize-winning classic with a foreword by acclaimed author Russell Banks and an afterword by Wilders nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating documentary material about the novel and its rich literary history."As close to perfect a moral fable as we are ever likely to get in American literature." --Russell Banks"There are books that haunt you down the years, books that seem to touch and stir something deep inside you. . . . Wilders The Bridge of San Luis Rey is of this kind." --The Independent (London)"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." This immortal sentence opens The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American literature, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a novel still read throughout the world.Brother Juniper, a Franciscan monk, witnesses the tragic event. Deeply moved, he embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention, not chance, that led to the deaths of the five people crossing the bridge that day. Ultimately, his search leads to a timeless investigation into the nature of fate and love, and the meaning of the human condition. Author Biography Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was 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). Wilders The 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, the opera, and films. (His screenplay for Hitchcocks Shadow of a Doubt [1943] remains a classic psycho-thriller to this day.) Wilders 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 Committees Medal for Literature. Details ISBN 0063114852 ISBN-13 9780063114852 Title The Bridge of San Luis Rey Author Thornton Wilder Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 192 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc GE_Item_ID:134054182; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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