Synopsis
Thornton Wilder s classic novel now available in a limited Olive Edition features previously unpublished notes and other illuminating documentary material as well as an updated afterword by his nephew, Tappan Wilder, and a foreword by Russell Banks.
"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, one of the towering achievements in American fiction, and a novel read throughout the world, begins.
By fate or chance, a monk has witnessed the collapse. Brother Juniper, moved by the tragedy, embarks on a quest to prove a higher order is at work in the deaths of those who perished. His search leads readers on a timeless investigation into the nature of love and the meaning of the human condition."
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"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 seeks to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His study leads to his own death -- and to the author's timeless investigation into the nature of love and the meaning of the human condition.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition featuring a new foreword by Russell Banks. Tappan Wilder has written an engaging and thought-provoking afterword, which includes unpublished notes for the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, illuminating photographs, and other remarkable documentary material. Granville Hicks's insightful comment about Wilder suggests an inveterate truth: "As a craftsman he is second to none, and there are few who have looked deeper into the human heart.""
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey: (Fremdsprachentexte)
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Washington Square Press, 1962
ISBN 10: 3150091950
ISBN 13: 9783150091951
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Fremdsprachentexte)
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Reclam, Philipp, jun. GmbH, Verlag, 1999
ISBN 10: 3150091950
ISBN 13: 9783150091951
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Condition: Wie neu. 2. Auflage. 151 S. Das Buch ist in exzellentem, sauberen Zustand. Buch ist wie neu ungelesen. -----Inhalt:. Ein Brückeneinsturz reisst fünf Menschen in den Tod. Ist die Katastrophe nur ein Werk des Zufalls oder waltet im Leben der fünf Verunglückten die Vorsehung? Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen. ISBN: 9783150091951 Wir senden umgehend mit beiliegender MwSt.Rechnung. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 150 Taschenbuch, Größe: 9.5 x 1 x 14.7 cm. Seller Inventory # 554794
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey: (Fremdsprachentexte) (Reclams Universal-Bibliothek) Thornton Wilder
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Reclam, Philipp, jun. GmbH, Verlag, 1986
ISBN 10: 3150091950
ISBN 13: 9783150091951
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Gut. [Nachdr.]. 151 S. Mit leichten altersbedingten Lager- und Gebrauchsspuren. U-w-Ga-148 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 82. Seller Inventory # 182668